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Urinary levels of volatile organic carcinogen and toxicant biomarkers in relation to lung cancer development in smokers Carcinogenesis, 04/13/2012

Yuan JM et al. – The authors conclude that mercapturic acid metabolites of 1,3–butadiene, ethylene oxide, benzene, acrolein and crotonaldehyde may not be independent risk predictors of lung cancer among Shanghai smokers, in contrast to biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and 4–(methylnitrosamino)–1–(3–pyridyl)–1–butanone (NNK) and nicotine exposure.

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