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Cohort studies of smokeless tobacco and pancreatic cancer |
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| Study details |
US Veterans Study |
Lutheran Brotherhood Study |
Norway Cohorts Study |
Swedish Construction Workers Study |
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| Sourcea |
Winn et al [19]b |
Zheng et al [9]c |
Boffetta et al [10]d |
Luo et al [11] |
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| Country |
USA |
USA |
Norway |
Sweden |
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| Population |
US veterans insurance policyholders |
Lutheran brotherhood insurance policyholderse |
General population samples and relatives of Norwegian migrants to the USA |
Construction workers |
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| Baseline survey |
1954 |
1966 |
1964, 1967 |
1978–1992 |
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| Sex |
> 99.5% Male |
Male |
Male |
Male |
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| Follow-up |
1954–1969 |
1966–1986 |
1966–2001 |
1978–2004 |
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| Sample sizef |
Approx 300,000 |
17,633 |
10,136 |
279,897 |
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| Endpoint |
Mortality |
Mortality |
Incidenceg |
Incidence |
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| Data on ST use |
ST unspecified |
ST unspecified |
Snuff |
Snuff |
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| Adjustment factorsh |
Age |
Age, smoking, alcohol |
Age, smoking |
Age, smoking, body mass index |
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a The source given is for the latest follow-up b The source is an abstract. Some of the study information about the US Veterans Study was obtained from other sources [33] c Page 103 of IARC Monograph 37 [30] summarizes 15 year follow-up results from this study based on two abstracts [29,32] d 11 year follow-up results from this study are reported on page 103 of IARC Monograph 37 [30] based on two abstracts [29,32], while 14 year follow-up results are given by Heuch et al [31] e White f Numbers used in specific analyses may be less than this g Cases diagnosed on the basis of a clinical examination or death certificate only were excluded h Adjustment factors used in analysis | ||||
Sponsiello-Wang et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:356 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-356 |
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