Traffic-related air pollution and lung cancer: A meta-analysis

Thoracic Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 307-318

  Chen, Gongbo ^a   Wan, Xia ^b   Yang, Gonghuan ^b   Zou, Xiaonong ^a  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Traffic related air pollution

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVER; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC;

EID: 84928252787     PISSN: 17597706     EISSN: 17597714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.12185     Document Type: Article

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