Environmental risk factors for lung cancer in Iran: a case-control study

200962 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Mostafa Hosseini · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

P. A. Naghan

Shirin Karimi

SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Moslem Bahadori

Kian Khodadad

Fatemeh Doost Mohammadi

K Keynama

Mohammad Reza Masjedi

Abstract

In our study, smoking was the principal risk factor for lung cancer. However, preventable exposures in the environment, including occupational settings, should not be ignored.

Topics & Keywords

Occupational and environmental lung diseases Air Quality and Health Impacts Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume 38, Issue 4, pp. 989-996

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp218

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