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Carcinoma of the cervix and smoking. Biomed Pharmacother 1989;43(3):161-5

Date

01/01/1989

Pubmed ID

2550095

DOI

10.1016/0753-3322(89)90209-6

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0024361522 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   13 Citations

Abstract

There is considerable evidence from epidemiologic and clinical studies that cigarette smoking is associated with the risk of cervical cancer. Definitive clarification of whether this association is causal will likely have to await definitive identification of the sexually transmitted agent which is probably the most important cause of cervical cancer. Only then will it be possible to clarify the contributions of risk factors with weaker associations with cervical cancer, such as cigarette smoking and socioeconomic status.

Author List

Layde PM, Broste SK

Author

Peter M. Layde MS, MD Emeritus Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Female
Humans
Papillomaviridae
Risk Factors
Smoking
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Tumor Virus Infections
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms