European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 9 , Pages 1640-1648 , June 2009

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and testicular cancer in the sons: A nested case–control study and a meta-analysis

  • Jouko Tuomisto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Formerly National Public Health Institute), P. O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +358 40 5866761; fax: +358 17 201265.
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  • Katsiaryna Holl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
    • Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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  • Panu Rantakokko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Formerly National Public Health Institute), P. O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Pentti Koskela

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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  • Göran Hallmans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Nutritional Research, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Göran Wadell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Virology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Pär Stattin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Sweden
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  • Joakim Dillner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden
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  • Helga M. Ögmundsdottir

      Affiliations

    • Icelandic Cancer Society, Reykjavik, Iceland
    • Molecular and Cell Biology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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  • Terttu Vartiainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Formerly National Public Health Institute), P. O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Matti Lehtinen

      Affiliations

    • Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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  • Eero Pukkala

      Affiliations

    • Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
    • Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland

Received 14 November 2008 ,Revised 12 January 2009 ,Accepted 15 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.01.017

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 9 , Pages 1640-1648 , June 2009

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