Ambient air pollution as a risk factor for lung cancer La contaminación del aire como factor de riesgo de cáncer pulmonar

Epidemiologic studies over the last 40 years have observed that general ambient air pollution, chiefly due to the by- products of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, is associated with small relative increases in lung cancer. The evidence derives from studies of lung cancer trends, studies of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: AARON J COHEN, C. ARDEN POPE III, FRANK E SPEIZER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 1997-07-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36341997000400012