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[Occupational risk factors for lung cancer]

F Delva1, P Andujar2, A Lacourt3

  • 1Institut Bergonié, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Institut de santé publique d'épidémiologie et de développement (ISPED), université de Bordeaux, 146, rue Léo-Saignat, 33000 Bordeaux cedex, France; Unité Inserm 897, université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.

Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires
|November 18, 2015
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Keywords:
Agent cancérogène professionnelCancer bronchopulmonaireCarcinogenCo-expositionCo-exposureFacteur de risqueFumée de tabacLung cancerRisk factorTobacco smoke

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