The Relationship between Air Pollution and Brain Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Soheil Hassanipour; Hossein-Ali Nikbakht; Abdeltif Amrane; Morteza Arab-Zozani; Layla Shojaie; Saeid Rostami; Ahmad Badeenezhad

doi:10.5334/aogh.3889

The Relationship between Air Pollution and Brain Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Volume 89 (2023): Issue 1

By: Soheil Hassanipour , Hossein-Ali Nikbakht , Abdeltif Amrane , Morteza Arab-Zozani , Layla Shojaie , Saeid Rostami and Ahmad Badeenezhad

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