Indoor air pollution from solid fuels and risk of hypopharyngeal/laryngeal and lung cancers: a multicentric case-control study from India | Zendy

Amir Sapkota | Zendy; V. Gajalakshmi | Zendy; D. H Jetly | Zendy; S. Roychowdhury | Zendy; R. Dikshit | Zendy; Paul Brennan | Zendy; M. Hashibe | Zendy; Paolo Boffetta | Zendy

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Indoor air pollution from solid fuels and risk of hypopharyngeal/laryngeal and lung cancers: a multicentric case-control study from India

Author(s) -

Amir Sapkota,

V. Gajalakshmi,

D. H Jetly,

S. Roychowdhury,

R. Dikshit,

Paul Brennan,

M. Hashibe,

Paolo Boffetta

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dym261

Subject(s) - lung cancer , odds ratio , medicine , environmental health , hypopharyngeal cancer , solid fuel , cancer , risk factor , population , coal , waste management , oncology , engineering , combustion , chemistry , organic chemistry

A recent monograph by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has identified indoor air pollution from coal usage as a known human carcinogen, while that from biomass as a probable human carcinogen. Although as much as 74% of the Indian population relies on solid fuels for cooking, very little information is available on cancer risk associated with these fuels in India.

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