Open AccessTobacco smoking as a risk factor for colon polyps.
Author(s) -
Shelia Hoar Zahm,
Pierluigi Cocco,
Aaron Blair
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.7.846
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperplastic polyp , sigmoidoscopy , adenomatous polyps , colorectal cancer , risk factor , gastroenterology , colonoscopy , cancer
Data from a cancer screening project among pattern makers were used to evaluate the association between tobacco smoking and prevalence of colon polyps.