PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mumford, JL
AU  - He, XZ
AU  - Chapman, RS
AU  - Cao, 
AU  - Harris, DB
AU  - Li, XM
AU  - Xian, YL
AU  - Jiang, WZ
AU  - Xu, CW
AU  - Chuang, JC
AU  - et, al.
TI  - Lung cancer and indoor air pollution in Xuan Wei, China
AID  - 10.1126/science.3798109
DP  - 1987 Jan 09
TA  - Science
PG  - 217--220
VI  - 235
IP  - 4785
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/235/4785/217.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/235/4785/217.full
SO  - Science1987 Jan 09; 235
AB  - In Xuan Wei County, Yunnan Province, lung cancer mortality is among China's highest and, especially in females, is more closely associated with indoor burning of "smoky" coal, as opposed to wood or "smokeless" coal, than with tobacco smoking. Indoor air samples were collected during the burning of all three fuels. In contrast to wood and smokeless coal emissions, smoky coal emission has high concentrations of submicron particles containing mutagenic organics, especially in aromatic and polar fractions. These studies suggested an etiologic link between domestic smoky coal burning and lung cancer in Xuan Wei.