Environmental risk factors for lung cancer in Iran: A case-control study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 989-996

  Hosseini, Mostafa ^a   Naghan, Parisa Adimi ^b   Karimi, Shirin ^b   SeyedAlinaghi, SeyedAhmad ^c   Bahadori, Moslem ^d   Khodadad, Kian ^b   Mohammadi, Forouzan ^b   Keynama, Kaveh ^b   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Environmental exposures; Iran; Lung cancer; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; KEROSENE;

CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TUMOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 68849083516     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp218     Document Type: Article

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