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Genetic polymorphisms and environmental risk of lung cancer: a review.
Reviews on environmental health - 1 Jan 2000
Kiyohara Chikako, Yoshimasu Kouichi, Shirakawa Taro, Hopkin Julian M
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer results from man-made and natural environmental exposures acting in concert with both genetic and acquired characteristics. Chronic inhalation of cigarette smoke is a major risk factor, and environmental tobacco exposure can cause lung cancer in life-long neversmokers. Air pollution, indoor-radon exposure, occupational exposures, dietary, physical activity, and reproductive history have been...
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