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Lack of a protective effect of cotton dust on risk of lung cancer: evidence from two population-based case-control studies

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in North America. Exposure to cotton dust has previously been reported to decrease the risk of lung cancer. METHODS: We used data from two large case-control studies conducted in Montreal from 1979-1986 (Study 1) and 1996-2002 (Study 2) re...

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Autores principales: Christensen, Krista Yorita, Lavoué, Jérôme, Rousseau, Marie-Claude, Siemiatycki, Jack
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1206-0