European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 690-696 , March 2010

Active and passive cigarette smoking and the risk of endometrial cancer in Poland

  • Hannah P. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 520, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Address National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS/5034a, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. Tel.: +1 301 594 5640; fax: +1 301 402 0916.
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  • Louise A. Brinton

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 520, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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  • Elizabeth A. Platz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Jolanta Lissowska

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 520, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    • Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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  • James V. Lacey Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 520, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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  • Mark E. Sherman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 520, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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  • Beata Peplonska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
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  • Montserrat Garcia-Closas

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Suite 520, Rockville, MD 20852, USA

Received 28 August 2009 ,Revised 6 November 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.11.015

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 690-696 , March 2010

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