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Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe | Boffetta P, Aguado A, Ahrens W, Benhamou E, Benha
Article Published: 1998
Details:
Risk: RR= 1.11 (0.88-1.39) from CALEPA 2004. Table 7.2B
Type: Meta-Analysis
Funding Source: see further information
Significance: Not Statistically Significant Negative
Published By: J Natl Cancer Inst., 1998;90(19):1440-50
Further Information Funding:
This study was partially supported by the following grants: European Commission DG-XII (contract No. EV%V-CT94-0555) for the coordination; in France, Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, European Commission (90CVV01018), and Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Sociaux; in Germany 1, the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology (grant No. 01 HK 546) and the Federal Ministry of Work and Social Affairs (grant No. IIIb 7-27/13); in Germany 2, the Federal Office of Radiation Protection, Salzgitter (grant No. St Sch 1066, 4047, 4074/1); in Germany 3, the Federal Office of Radiation Protection, Slazgitter (grant No. St Sch 4006, 4112); in Italy 1, MURST, the Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC), and the Regione Piemonte-Ricerca Finalizzata; in Italy 2, the National Research Council (contract No. 91.00327.CT04) and the Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC), and the Regione Piemonte-Ricerca Finalizzata; in Italy 2, the National Research Council (contract No. 91.00327.CT04) and the Italian Association forCancer Research; in Portugal 1, Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnolo´gica (JNICT, contract No. PMCT/C/SAU/815.90); in Portugal 2, Comissa ˜p de Fomento de Investigação em Cuidados de Saúde; in Spain, the Spanish Ministry of Health (Ref. 89002300); in Sweden, the Swedish Match (8913/9004/ 9109/9217) and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (5330071–1); and in the U.K., the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, the Department of Health, the Department of the Environment, and the European Commission.