Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in nonsmokers: Does time since exposure play a role?

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-308

  Nyberg, Fredrik ^a   Agrenius, Veronica ^b   Svartengren, Katharina ^b   Svensson, Christer ^b   Pershagen, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control study; Environmental tobacco smoke; Lung cancer; Misclassification of exposure; Passive smoking; Spouse; Time since exposure; Work

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031901703     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00015     Document Type: Article

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