Passive smoking and breast cancer in never smokers: Prospective study and meta-analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1069-1079

  Pirie, Kirstin ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Peto, Richard ^b   Roddam, Andrew ^a   Reeves, Gillian ^a   Green, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female breast cancer; Meta analysis; Passive smoking; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; META-ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 53349108444     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn110     Document Type: Article

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