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Environmental tobacco smoke in relation to bladder cancer risk--the Shanghai bladder cancer study [corrected].
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2010
Tao Li, Xiang Yong-Bing, Wang Renwei, Nelson Heather H, Gao Yu-Tang, Chan Kenneth K, Yu Mimi C, Yuan Jian-Min
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BACKGROUND: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) contains tobacco carcinogens. Hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A2 and N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) are important isoenzymes in activation and detoxification, respectively, of tobacco carcinogens. Data on ETS and bladder cancer risk are sparse. METHODS: We examined the effects of ETS alone and combined with NAT2/CYP1A2 on bladder cancer risk among lifelong-nonsmokers in a...
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