What proportion of lung cancer in never-smokers can be attributed to known risk factors?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-275

  Sisti, Julia ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tisch Cancer Institute and Institute for Translational Epidemiology   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

lung cancer; nonsmokers; population attributable fraction

Indexed keywords

COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADON;

CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RISK; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84861638864     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27477     Document Type: Review

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