Lung cancer risk in never-smokers: A population-based case-control study of epidemiologic risk factors

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brenner, Darren R ^a,b   Hung, Rayjean J ^a,b   Tsao, Ming Sound ^c,d   Shepherd, Frances A ^c,d   Johnston, Michael R ^c,d   Narod, Steven ^b,c,e   Rubenstein, Warren ^f   McLaughlin, John R ^a,b,g  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Women's College Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Population Studies and Surveillance   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEDIGREE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PEDIGREE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953337035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-285     Document Type: Article

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