Active and passive cigarette smoking and the occurrence of breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Lash, Timothy L ^a,b   Aschengrau, Ann ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, etiology; Smoking, adverse effects; Tobacco smoke pollution, adverse effects

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING;

EID: 0032959153     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009727     Document Type: Article

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