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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:24-27
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

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Lung cancer and tobacco consumption

E Schairera and E Schönigerb

a Institute of Pathology and
b Scientific Institute for Research into the Hazards of Tobacco, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena.

The pronounced increase in lung cancer is a fact that has been established repeatedly in the years since 1920. The reason for this increase has been attributed to a range of circumstances by different authors. Most importantly, certain air pollutants have been investigated. Lung cancer due to occupational exposures is relevant in this context, which in the case of the Schneeberg lung cancer and cancer due to chromate or asbestos is recognized as an occupational disease. Exposure to exhaust fumes of motors, which are inhaled in many occupations but also by the general public in cities and on main roads, has also been examined. To this day it has not, however, been convincingly shown that increased inhalation of such fumes leads to an increase in carcinoma of the lung. Arguments against this notion include the experiments of Schmidtmann,8 the fact that country and city dwellers contribute to the same extent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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