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Air Pollution Leading to an Increase in Lung Cancer Cases Among Non-Smokers
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Lung cancer in people who have never smoked on the rise - with research pointing to one common cause
The proportion of people who have never smoked being diagnosed with lung cancer is rising, with new research pointing to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the ...
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Air pollution fuelling lung cancer among non-smokers
Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the most common form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in Southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published today.