Human Papillomavirus
Reports by A. Simenkapeu and co-researchers describe recent advances in human papillomavirus
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 14th, 2009
According to a study from Oulu, Finland, "Our objective was to compare the association between tobacco smoking and chewing and the risk of multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) in two populations with different tobacco exposure. We studied 2,162 women from Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, and 419 women from Finland, Northern Europe, with baseline data on cervical screening, HPV DNA status and smoking and chewing habits."
"The proportion of women who smoked and/ or chewed tobacco was higher in Finland (36.8%) than in Cote d'Ivoire (3.7%), where tobacco chewing (2.6%) was more common than tobacco smoking (1.4%)....
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-14)
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