Lung cancer and indoor pollution from heating and cooking with solid fuels: The IARC international multicentre case-control study in Eastern/Central Europe and the United Kingdom

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-333

  Lissowska, Jolanta ^a   Bardin Mikolajczak, Alicja ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^b,c   Zaridze, David ^d   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^e   Rudnai, Peter ^f   Fabianova, Eleonora ^g   Cassidy, Adrian ^h   Mates, Dana ⁱ   Holcatova, Ivana ^j   Vitova, Vera ^k   Janout, Vladimir ^l   Mannetje, AndreA'T ^c,m   Brennan, Paul ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Chemotherapy Department   (Russian Federation)

^e NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^g Specialized State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Institute of Hygiene Public Health Health Services and Management   (Romania)

^j CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^l PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^m MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Air pollution, indoor; Case control studies; Cookery; Europe; Fossil fuels; Heating; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

COAL; FUEL; FOSSIL FUEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; HEATING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 23944446114     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi204     Document Type: Article

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