Does tobacco smoke cause breast cancer?

Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-408

  Terry, Paul D ^a   Thun, Michael J ^b   Rohan, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; epidemiological studies; genetic variation; passive smoking; smoking

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79960966464     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.39     Document Type: Review

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