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Canadian expert panel on tobacco smoke and breast cancer risk

Executive summary - Introduction - Evidence evaluation - Background: other risk factors for breast cancer - Active smoking and secondhand smoke exposure epidemic in North America in the 20th century - Differing toxicities of mainstream smoke, sidestream smoke and secondhand smoke - Active smoking and secondhand smoke cause other cancer and chronic diseases - Toxicology and breast cancer - Biological mechanisms - Epidemiological studies of active smoking and breast cancer - Epidemiological studies of active smoking and genetics - Secondhand smoke - Other considerations - References - Appendix.

Collishaw, Neil E.
Boyd, Norman F.
Cantor, Kenneth P.
Hammond, Katherine S.
Johnson, Kenneth C.
Millar, John
Miller, Anthony, B.
Palmer, Julie, R.
Salmon, Andrew G.
Turcotte, Fernand

Toronto: Ontario Tobacco Research Unit

April 23, 2009

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[PDF] viii, 83 p.

Special report April 2009.

Expert panel chair: Neil E. Collishaw.
Includes tables and figures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-66).
Author affiliation: Neil E. Collishaw - Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, Ottawa, ON
Funding source: Public Health Agency of Canada and the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.

literature reviews
knowledge synthesis
tobacco use
exposure
adverse effects
risk assessment
breast cancer





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