Incense use associated with cancers of the respiratory tract.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Brief article)(Clinical report) From: Internal Medicine News | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Finn, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2007 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

LOS ANGELES -- A large prospective cohort study has found an association between long-term exposure to burning incense and cancers of the respiratory tract, according to a poster presentation by Dr. Jeppe T. Friborg at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Among 61,320 Singapore Chinese, long-term incense users had more than twice the relative risk of non-nasopharyngeal carcinomas of the upper respiratory tract, compared with people who did ...