Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 672-675

  Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a   Krauss, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Dietary habits; Environmental tobacco smoke; Lung cancer; Passive smoking; Work place exposure to ETS

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

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

EID: 0345164364     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199811000-00020     Document Type: Article

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