## Abstract Lung cancer rates in Xuanwei County have been among the highest in China for both males and females and have been causally associated with exposure to indoor smoky (bituminous) coal emissions that contain very high levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. There are numerous coal mine
Smoky coal, tobacco smoking, and lung cancer risk in Xuanwei, China
โ Scribed by Kim, Christopher; Chapman, Robert S.; Hu, Wei; He, Xingzhou; Hosgood, H. Dean; Liu, Larry Z.; Lai, Hong; Chen, Wei; Silverman, Debra T.; Vermeulen, Roel; Tian, Linwei; Bassig, Bryan; Shen, Min; Zhang, Yawei; Ma, Shuangge; Rothman, Nathaniel; Lan, Qing
- Book ID
- 122324751
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 387 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-5002
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