Evaluating the evidence for the relationship between passive smoking and lung cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2232-2233

  Kim, Claire H ^a   Mu, Lina ^b   Wu, Ming ^c   Zhao, Jin Kou ^c   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SOCIAL VALUES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84906233305     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28860     Document Type: Letter

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