Risk of lung cancer from residential heating and cooking fuels in Montreal, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 634-642

  Ramanakumar, Agnihotram V ^a   Parent, Marie Elise ^b   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Canada; Case control studies; Cookery; Fossil fuels; Heating; Indoor; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; COMBUSTION; FUEL; HEALTH RISK; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33847405399     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk117     Document Type: Article

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