Smoking and lung cancer in women: Findings in a prospective study

Cancer Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 1988, Pages 6951-6955

  Garfinkel, Lawrence ^a   Stellman, Steven D ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024268967     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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