Additive Synergism between Asbestos and Smoking in Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuwadee Ngamwong; Wimonchat Tangamornsuksan; Ornrat Lohitnavy; Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk; C. Norman Scholfield; Brad Reisfeld; Manupat Lohitnavy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135798

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Additive Synergism between Asbestos and Smoking in Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuwadee Ngamwong,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Pharmacokinetic Research Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Wimonchat Tangamornsuksan,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Pharmacokinetic Research Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Ornrat Lohitnavy,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Pharmacokinetic Research Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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C. Norman Scholfield,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Brad Reisfeld,

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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Manupat Lohitnavy

* E-mail: manupatl@gmail.com

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Environmental Health & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Pharmacokinetic Research Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Additive Synergism between Asbestos and Smoking in Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuwadee Ngamwong,
Wimonchat Tangamornsuksan,
Ornrat Lohitnavy,
Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk,
C. Norman Scholfield,
Brad Reisfeld,
Manupat Lohitnavy

Published: August 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135798

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