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Review
. 2007 Apr;60(4):337-40.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.2006.040576. Epub 2006 Aug 17.

Lung cancer in never-smokers

Chee-Keong Toh  1 , Wan-Teck Lim
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Review

Lung cancer in never-smokers

Chee-Keong Toh et al. J Clin Pathol. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

The mystery behind never‐smokers being more prone to lung cancer is unlocked with regard to smoking status and sex

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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