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Risk factors for lung cancer among nonsmoking women

  1. Michaela Kreuzer1,†,*,
  2. Joachim Heinrich2,
  3. Lothar Kreienbrock3,
  4. Angelika Schaffrath Rosario2,
  5. Michael Gerken4,
  6. H. Erich Wichmann2

Article first published online: 3 JUL 2002

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10549

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 100, Issue 6, pages 706–713, 20 August 2002

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Kreuzer, M., Heinrich, J., Kreienbrock, L., Schaffrath Rosario, A., Gerken, M. and Wichmann, H. E. (2002), Risk factors for lung cancer among nonsmoking women. Int. J. Cancer, 100: 706–713. doi: 10.1002/ijc.10549

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  1. 1

    BfS-Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Institute of Radiation Hygiene, Neuherberg, Germany

  2. 2

    GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany

  3. 3

    Hannover School of Veterinary Medicine, Institute for Biometry, Epidemiology and Information Processing, Hannover, Germany

  4. 4

    Tumor Registry Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Germany

  1. †

    Fax: +49-1888-333-2205

*BfS-Federal Office of Radiation Protection, Institute of Radiation Hygiene, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany

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  1. Issue published online: 30 JUL 2002
  2. Article first published online: 3 JUL 2002
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 MAY 2002
  4. Manuscript Revised: 17 MAY 2002
  5. Manuscript Received: 22 FEB 2002

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