title: Smoking as risk factor for cervical cancer.
abstract: In a matched case-control study which comprised 33 cases with cervical carcinoma in situ, 67 cases with invasive cervical cancer, and 100 hospital controls, ever-smoking was found to be significantly related to cervical cancer (Odds ratio = 5.9, 95% confidence interval = 1.2-29.3) after adjustment for a variety of confounding variables.
authors.affiliation: Center for Gynecology and Obstetrics, KBC Dr. Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. abvzival@eunet.yu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zivaljevic
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vlajinac
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adanja
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zivaljevic
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kocev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000209:etiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*