Fine particles and lung cancer.
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چکیده
A lmost five decades have elapsed since the effect of the so-called ‘‘urban factor’’ on lung cancer has been suggested. Air pollution has always been an attractive explanation for the 10–40% increase in lung cancer mortality observed in urban versus rural areas, but confounding from smoking and other factors has been a great limitation in interpreting geographical comparisons. Several attempts have been made to specifically evaluate the role of air pollution on lung cancer aetiology during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1976, in a review for the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Higgins concluded that the studies available:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Occupational and environmental medicine
دوره 61 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004