Lung cancer in never-smokers: Radon exposure and environmental tobacco smoke

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 850-852

  Melloni, Boris B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ALPHA RADIATION; BETA RADIATION; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADON; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84907524531     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00121314     Document Type: Editorial

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