Cancer Letters
Volume 234, Issue 2 , Pages 209-219 , 28 March 2006

Induction of pulmonary neoplasia in the smoke-exposed ferret by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK): A model for human lung cancer

Received 13 February 2005 ,Revised 22 March 2005 ,Accepted 24 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.03.052

Cancer Letters
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