Passive smoking and breast cancer in never smokers: prospective study and meta-analysis

Date

2008

Authors

Pirie, Kirstin
Beral, Valerie
Peto, Richard
Roddam, Andrew W
Reeves, Gillian K
Green, Jane
Austoker, Joan
Banks, Emily
Church, Judith
English, Ruth

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Oxford University Press

Abstract

Background: Active smoking has little or no effect on women's risk of developing breast cancer, but it has been suggested that passive exposure to tobacco smoke may increase this risk among women who have never smoked. Objective: To evaluate the possible

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Keywords: cancer; cohort analysis; female; meta-analysis; risk assessment; smoking; article; breast cancer; cancer incidence; cancer risk; cigarette smoking; follow up; human; medical information; medical record; passive smoking; population exposure; priority journ Female breast cancer; Meta-analysis; Passive smoking; Prospective cohort study

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Source

International Journal of Epidemiology

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Journal article

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2037-12-31