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The Women in Europe Against Lung Cancer and Smoking (WELAS) project is a 3-year project supported by the Public Health Programme of the European Commission. The overarching objective of the project is to contribute to the prevention and control of lung cancer among European women by providing a better understanding of the lung cancer trends, risk factors, prognostic factors and tobacco control issues specifically for European women.


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WELAS publications

Heck JE, Stucker I, Allwright S, Gritz ER, Haglund M, Healton CG, Kralikova E, Sanchez Del MS, Tamang E, Dresler CM, Hashibe M (2010). Home and workplace smoking bans in Italy, Ireland, Sweden, France and the Czech Republic. Eur Respir J, 35(5):969-979.

Oh DL, Heck JE, Dresler C, Allwright S, Haglund M, Del Mazo SS, Kralikova E, Stucker I, Tamang E, Gritz ER, Hashibe M (2010). Determinants of smoking initiation among women in five European countries: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 10:74.

Li Q, Dresler C, Heck JE, Allwright S, Haglund M, Sanchez S, Kralikova E, Stucker I, Tamang E, Gritz ER, Hashibe M (2010). Knowledge and beliefs about smoking and cancer among women in five European countries. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 19(11):2811-2820.

Bray F and Weiderpass E (2010).Lung cancer mortality trends in 36 European countries: secular trends and birth cohort patterns by sex and region 1970-2007 Int. J. Cancer: 126, 1454–1466

 







 
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