Nanoquartz in Late Permian C1 coal and the high incidence of female lung cancer in the Pearl River Origin area: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Zhou Yiping (Author), Ho Suzanne C (Author), Huang Yunchao (Author), Wang Jianfang (Author), Dai Shifeng (Author), Tian Linwei (Author), Lucas Donald (Author), Koshland Catherine P (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Pearl River Origin area, Qujing District of Yunnan Province, has one of the highest female lung cancer mortality rates in China. Smoking was excluded as a cause of the lung cancer excess because almost all women were non-smokers....