2006•PubMedRequires access

[Lung cancer as a consequence of passive smoking recognized as an occupational disease for the first time in Denmark].

Svend Lings

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has stated that exposure to "secondhand" or "environmental" tobacco smoke is carcinogenic to humans. The first Danish case of adenocarcinoma in the lungs recognized and compensated as an occupational disease in a never-smoking waitress is described.

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Key concepts: International agency, Danish, Lung cancer, Environmental health, Passive smoking, Tobacco smoke, Medicine, Disease