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Environmental tobacco smoke, genetic susceptibility, and risk of lung cancer in never-smoking women.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Dec 1999
Bennett W P, Alavanja M C, Blomeke B, Vähäkangas K H, Castrén K, Welsh J A, Bowman E D, Khan M A, Flieder D B, Harris C C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is considered to be a major lung cancer risk factor for never smokers. We investigated the hypothesis that never-smoking women who are exposed to ETS and develop lung cancer are a genetically susceptible population. METHODS: Archival tumor tissues were analyzed from 106 never-smoking women enrolled in a case-control study of ETS (and other personal and...
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