Silica dust, diesel exhaust, and painting work are the significant occupational risk factors for lung cancer in nonsmoking Chinese men
- Lap Ah Tse, IT-s Yu, J. S. Au, Huifang Qiu, X-r Wang
- British Journal of Cancer
- 2011
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Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer among Chinese nonsmoking males: might adenocarcinoma be the culprit?
@article{Tse2009EnvironmentalTS,
title={Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer among Chinese nonsmoking males: might adenocarcinoma be the culprit?},
author={Lap Ah Tse and Ignatius Tak-sun Yu and Joseph Siu-kie Au and Kai Shing Yu and Kit Ping Kwok and Hong Qiu and Tze-wai Wong},
journal={American journal of epidemiology},
year={2009},
volume={169 5},
pages={
533-41
}
}- Published in American journal of epidemiology 2009
DOI:10.1093/aje/kwn385
No studies have specifically reported the association of lung adenocarcinoma with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure among nonsmoking males. The objective of this study was to examine the exposure-response relation between ETS exposure and lung cancer among nonsmoking males. In particular, the association with adenocarcinoma of the lung was studied. This is a population-based, case-referent study in Hong Kong during 2004-2006. A total of 132 Chinese male nonsmokers with newly diagnosed… CONTINUE READING