1. Lung cancer and indoor air pollution in Xuan Wei, China.
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Mumford JL, He XZ, Chapman RS, Cao SR, Harris DB, Li XM, Xian YL, Jiang WZ, Xu CW, and Chuang JC
- Subjects
- China, Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasms etiology, Polycyclic Compounds analysis, Smoke analysis, Wood, Coal, Neoplasms mortality, Smoke adverse effects
- Abstract
In Xuan Wei County, Yunnan Province, lung cancer mortality is among China's highest and, especially in females, is more closely associated with indoor burning of "smoky" coal, as opposed to wood or "smokeless" coal, than with tobacco smoking. Indoor air samples were collected during the burning of all three fuels. In contrast to wood and smokeless coal emissions, smoky coal emission has high concentrations of submicron particles containing mutagenic organics, especially in aromatic and polar fractions. These studies suggested an etiologic link between domestic smoky coal burning and lung cancer in Xuan Wei.
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- 1987
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