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Exposure to second-hand smoke and breast cancer risk in non-smoking women: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Through the use of an innovative method to identify original publications, we conducted a meta-analysis of all epidemiological studies evaluating the association between second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and br...
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Open AccessAdvance care planning – a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study
Awareness of preferences regarding medical care should be a central component of the care of patients with advanced cancer. Open communication can facilitate this but can occur in an ad hoc or variable manner....
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Decennial trends of social differences in smoking habits in Italy: a 30-year update
To update educational inequalities in smoking in Italy up to 2009, with an in-depth analysis of female prevalence.
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Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma
Since pesticides are disputed risk factors for uveal melanoma, we studied the association between occupational pesticide exposure and uveal melanoma risk in a case–control study from nine European countries.
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Hormonal exposures and the risk of uveal melanoma
Several studies suggest that hormonal mechanisms may be associated with the development of uveal melanoma. Therefore, the association between the risk of uveal melanoma and exposure to hormonal exposures was i...
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The importance of smoking and medical history for development of small bowel carcinoid tumor: a European population-based case–control study
Objective: Little is known about the etiology of small bowel carcinoid tumor (SBC), but a few studies have pointed to certain medical and lifestyle factors as potential risk factors. This study aims to evaluate ...
