## Abstract To estimate the relationship between air pollution and lung cancer, a nested caseโcontrol study was set up within EPIC (European Prospective Investigation on Cancer and Nutrition). Cases had newly diagnosed lung cancer, accrued after a median followโup of 7 years among the EPIC exsmoker
Cancer of the lung and los-angeles-type air pollution. Prospective study
โ Scribed by Philip Buell; John E. Dunn Jr.; Lester Breslow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 723 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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