The aim of the study was to examine the risk of breast cancer associated with passive and active smoking and to explore risk heterogeneity among studies. Nineteen of 20 located published studies of passive smoking and breast cancer risk among women met basic quality criteria. Pooled relative risk es
Accumulating evidence on passive and active smoking and breast cancer risk
β Scribed by Peggy Reynolds; Susan Hurley; Debbie Goldberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 42 KB
- Volume
- 119
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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