Lifetime Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasms among Nonsmoking Taiwanese Women

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Wu, Ming Tsang ^a   Lee, Li Hung ^a   Ho, Chi Kung ^a   Liu, Chia Ling ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^a   Wu, Su Chu ^b   Lin, Long Yau ^c   Cheng, Bi Hua ^d   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chia Yi City Health Bureau   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasm; Environmental tobacco smoke; Epidemiology; Nested case control study; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1242271238     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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