Biological Activity of Tobacco Smoke and Tobacco Smoke-Related Chemicals

By Kauri, Richard E.

Book Id: WPLBN0000100465
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.3 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Biological Activity of Tobacco Smoke and Tobacco Smoke-Related Chemicals
Author:	Kauri, Richard E.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Government Reference Publication

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Introduction: Cancer is not randomly distributed among the human population (I), rather, both environmental (2) and genetic (3-5) factors strongly influence its occurrence. Lung cancer is a specific example of a neoplasia whose occurrence i s nonrandomly distributed. Its incidence is often associated with cigarette smoking (6), but the actual role that tobacco smoke or smoke-related chemicals play in this association is unclear.