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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(5):426-427; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.5.426
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 5, 426-427, March 1, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Joint Effect of Diet and Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Risk of Lung Cancer Among Nonsmokers

Paul Brennan, Joel Butler, Antonio Agudo, Simone Benhamou, Sarah Darby, Cristina Fortes, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Michaela Kreuzer, Fredrik Nyberg, Hermann Pohlabeln, Rodolfo Saracci, Heinz-Erich Wichman, Paolo Boffetta

Affiliations of authors: P. Brennan, J, Butler, P. Boffetta, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France; A. Agudo, Institute for Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Mataró, Spain; S. Benhamou, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Paris, France; S. Darby, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Oxford, UK; C. Fortes, Epidemiology Unit, Latium Region, Rome, Italy; K.-H. Jöckel, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Essen, Germany; M. Kreuzer, H.-E. Wichman, GSF Institute for Epidemiology, Munich, Germany; F. Nyberg, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; H. Pohlabeln, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research, Bremen, Germany; R. Saracci, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, and National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.

Correspondence to: Paul Brennan, Ph.D., ECE Unit, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert-Thomas, 69372 Lyon, France (e-mail: brennan@iarc.fr).

A recent meta-analysis based on 4626 cases concluded that the relative risk of lung cancer in lifelong nonsmokers who lived with a smoker was 1.24 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.13-1.36) (1). Subsequently, we reported in the Journal (2) the results from a large case-control study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and lung . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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