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Domestic incense burning and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case-control study in Hong Kong Chinese.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Dec 2014
Xie Shao-Hua, Yu Ignatius Tak-sun, Tse Lap Ah, Au Joseph Siu Kie, Wang Feng, Lau June Sze Man, Zhang Bo
Abstract excerpt
Incense burning is a powerful producer of carcinogens and has been considered as a risk factor for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We conducted a case-control study and case-only analyses to investigate the effect of incense burning and its interaction with genetic background on NPC risk among Hong Kong Chinese. Between June 2010 and December 2012, we recruited 352 incident cases of NPC and 410 controls. We...
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