Air pollution's role in the promotion of lung cancer

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Allan Balmain. Nature. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;616(7955):35-36.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-00929-x.

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Keywords: Cancer; Medical research.

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