Active and passive cigarette smoking and the risk of endometrial cancer in Poland

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 690-696

  Yang, Hannah P ^a,b   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Platz, Elizabeth A ^b   Lissowska, Jolanta ^a,c   Lacey Jr , James V ^a   Sherman, Mark E ^a   Peplonska, Beata ^d   Garcia Closas, Montserrat ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active smoking; Endometrial cancer; Passive smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249118149     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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