A bird's eye view of the air pollution-cancer link in China

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 176-188

  Huang, Yu Bei ^a   Song, Feng Ju ^a   Liu, Qun ^a   Li, Wei Qin ^b   Zhang, Wei ^c   Chen, Ke Xin ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Women and Children's Health Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Lung cancer; Nitrogen oxide; Particulate matter; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; CARCINOGEN; COAL; EXHAUST GAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COAL MINING; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RISK; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; NEOPLASMS; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; COAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84898648302     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.014.10030     Document Type: Review

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