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Polonium and Lung Cancer

The alpha-radioactive polonium 210 (Po-210) is one of the most powerful carcinogenic agents of tobacco smoke and is responsible for the histotype shift of lung cancer from squamous cell type to adenocarcinoma. According to several studies, the principal source of Po-210 is the fertilizers used in to...

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Autores principales: Zagà, Vincenzo, Lygidakis, Charilaos, Chaouachi, Kamal, Gattavecchia, Enrico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/860103