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Phenotypes of lung cancer and statistical interactions between tobacco smoking and occupational exposure to asbestos and crystalline silica from a large case-only study: The CaProMat study.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Oct 2017
El Zoghbi Mohamad, Salameh Pascale, Stücker Isabelle, Paris Christophe, Pairon Jean Claude, Gislard Antoine, Siemiatycki Jack, Bonneterre Vincent, Clin Bénédicte, Brochard Patrick, Delva Fleur, Lacourt Aude
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effect modification of the association between tobacco smoking and phenotypes of lung cancer (histological type, tumor location, and age at diagnosis) by occupational exposure to asbestos or to crystalline silica. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The CaProMat study is a pooled case-only study including 7256 male lung cancer cases recruited between 1996 and 2011 in France...
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