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Lung cancer incidence decreases with elevation: evidence for oxygen as an inhaled carcinogen
The level of atmospheric oxygen, a driver of free radical damage and tumorigenesis, decreases sharply with rising elevation. To understand whether ambient oxygen plays a role in human carcinogenesis, we characterized age-adjusted cancer incidence (compiled by the National Cancer Institute from 2005...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4304851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25648772 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.705 |