Does living near heavy industry cause lung cancer in women? A case-control study using life grid interviews

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1076-1082

  Edwards, R ^a   Pless Mulloli, T ^b   Howel, D ^c   Chadwick, T ^c   Bhopal, R ^d   Harrison, R ^e   Gribbin, H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33845191961     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.057620     Document Type: Article

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