학술논문
Involuntary Smoking and Head and Neck Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium.
Document Type
Article
Author
Yuan-Chin Amy Lee; Boffetta, Paolo; Sturgis, Erich M.; Qingyi Wei; Zuo-Feng Zhang; Muscat, Joshua; Lazarus, Philip; Matos, Elena; Hayes, Richard B.; Winn, Deborah M.; Zaridze, David; Wünsch-Filho, Victor; Eluf-Neto, Jose; Koifman, Sergio; Mates, Dana; Curado, Maria Paula; Menezes, Ana; Fernandez, Leticia; Daudt, Alexander W.; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila
Source
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention; Aug2008, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p1974-1981, 8p, 5 Charts
Subject
Language
ISSN
10559965
Abstract
The article reports on results of a study of the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium data on the role of involuntary smoking in head and neck carcinogenesis. A description of the experimental set-up and measurement method is provided. The study concluded that the effect of duration of involuntary smoking exposure at home was stronger for pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers than for other subsites.