Lung cancer correlates in Lebanese adults: A pilot case-control study

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 235-244

  Aoun, Joseph ^a   Saleh, Nadine ^a   Waked, Mirna ^b   Salamé, Joseph ^a   Salameh, Pascale ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Indoor pollution; Lung cancer; Outdoor pollution; Waterpipe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRICITY GENERATOR EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXHAUST GAS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENERATOR; HUMAN; LEBANESE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; WATERPIPE SMOKING;

CIGARETTE; INDOOR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; OUTDOOR POLLUTION; WATERPIPE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84887222716     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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