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Mutation spectra of smoky coal combustion emissions in Salmonella reflect the TP53 and KRAS mutations in lung tumors from smoky coal-exposed individuals.
Mutation research - 9 Apr 2003
Granville Courtney A, Hanley Nancy M, Mumford Judy L, DeMarini David M
Abstract excerpt
Nonsmoking women in Xuan Wei County, Yunnan Province, China who use smoky coal for cooking and heating in poorly ventilated homes have the highest lung cancer mortality rate in China, and their lung cancer is linked epidemiologically to their use of smoky coal. The emissions contain 81% organic matter, of which 43% is polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Exposure assessment and molecular analysis of the lung...
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