Is the risk of lung cancer reduced among eczema patients?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 542-547

  Castaing, Marine ^a   Youngson, Judith ^b   Zaridze, David ^c   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^d   Rudnai, Peter ^e   Lissowska, Jolanta ^f   Fabiánová, Eleonóra ^g   Mates, Dana ^h   Bencko, Vladimir ⁱ   Foretova, Lenka ^j   Navratilova, Marie ^j   Janout, Vladimir ^k   Fletcher, Tony ^l   Brennan, Paul ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Chemotherapy Department   (Russian Federation)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^g Specialized State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^h Institute of Hygiene Public Health Health Services and Management   (Romania)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^k PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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

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Author keywords

Eczema; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 24344507797     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi241     Document Type: Article

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