A European validation study of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in nonsmoking lung cancer cases and controls

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-182

  Nyberg, Fredrik ^a   Agudo, Antonio ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   Fortes, Cristina ^d   González, Carlos A ^b   Pershagen, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Inst of Epidemiol and Clin Res   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Europe; Lung cancer; Misclassification; Next of kin; Validation

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SMOKING; SPOUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPOUSES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0031924099     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008882227444     Document Type: Article

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