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Secondhand smoke exposure in adulthood and risk of lung cancer among never smokers: A pooled analysis of two large studies

  1. Paul Brennan1,†,*,
  2. Patricia A. Buffler2,
  3. Peggy Reynolds3,
  4. Anna H. Wu4,
  5. H. Erich Wichmann5,
  6. Antonio Agudo6,
  7. Göran Pershagen7,
  8. Karl-Heinz Jöckel8,
  9. Simone Benhamou9,
  10. Raymond S. Greenberg10,
  11. Franco Merletti11,
  12. Carlos Winck12,
  13. Elizabeth T.H. Fontham13,
  14. Michaela Kreuzer5,
  15. Sarah C. Darby14,
  16. Francesco Forastiere15,
  17. Lorenzo Simonato16,
  18. Paolo Boffetta1

Article first published online: 10 DEC 2003

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11682

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 109, Issue 1, pages 125–131, 10 March 2004

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Brennan, P., Buffler, P. A., Reynolds, P., Wu, A. H., Wichmann, H. E., Agudo, A., Pershagen, G., Jöckel, K.-H., Benhamou, S., Greenberg, R. S., Merletti, F., Winck, C., Fontham, E. T.H., Kreuzer, M., Darby, S. C., Forastiere, F., Simonato, L. and Boffetta, P. (2004), Secondhand smoke exposure in adulthood and risk of lung cancer among never smokers: A pooled analysis of two large studies. Int. J. Cancer, 109: 125–131. doi: 10.1002/ijc.11682

Author Information

  1. 1

    International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

  2. 2

    University of California School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, USA

  3. 3

    California Department of Health Services, Emeryville, CA, USA

  4. 4

    University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  5. 5

    GSF Institute for Epidemiology, Munich, Germany

  6. 6

    Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain

  7. 7

    Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  8. 8

    Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Essen, Germany

  9. 9

    National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Paris, France

  10. 10

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

  11. 11

    Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, CeRMS and Center for Oncologic Prevention, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

  12. 12

    Hospital Vianna do Castelo, Vianna do Castelo, Portugal

  13. 13

    Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

  14. 14

    Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Oxford, United Kingdom

  15. 15

    Epidemiology Unit Latium Region, Rome, Italy

  16. 16

    Venetian Cancer Registry, Padua, Italy

  1. †

    Fax: +33-472-73-83-20

*Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 69008 Lyon, France

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 JAN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 10 DEC 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 23 SEP 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 12 SEP 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 JUN 2003

Funded by

  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: CA40095
  • Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Board and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
  • European Commission DG-XII. Grant Number: EV5V-CT94-0555
  • Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer
  • European Commission. Grant Number: 90CVV01018
  • Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Sociaux
  • Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology. Grant Number: 01 HK 546
  • Federal Ministry of Work and Social Affairs. Grant Number: IIIb 7-27/13
  • Federal Office of Radiation Protection, Salzgitter. Grant Number: St Sch 1066, 4047, 4074/1
  • Federal Office of Radiation Protection, Salzgitter. Grant Number: St Sch 4006, 4112
  • Italian Ministry of Research (MURST)
  • Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)
  • Regione Piemonte-Ricerca Finalizzata and Special Project “Oncology” Compagnia San Paolo/International Foundation of Research in Experimental Medicine (FIRMS)
  • National Research Council. Grant Number: 91.00327.CT04
  • Italian Association for Cancer Research
  • Comissão de Fomento de Investigação em Cuidados de Saúde
  • Spanish Ministry of Health. Grant Number: 89002300
  • Swedish Match. Grant Number: 8913/9004/9109/9217
  • Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Grant Number: 5330071-1
  • Imperial Cancer Research Fund
  • Department of Health
  • Department of the Environment
  • European Commission

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