Lung Cancer
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , October 2008

Lung cancer mortality is elevated in coal-mining areas of Appalachia

  • Michael Hendryx

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, One Medical Center Drive, PO Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States. Tel.: +1 304 293 9206; fax: +1 304 293 6685.
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  • Kathryn O’Donnell
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  • Kimberly Horn

Received 1 November 2007 ,Revised 25 January 2008 ,Accepted 1 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.02.004

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