Epidemiology of lung cancer

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-144

  Buiatti, Eva ^a   Geddes, Marco ^b   Arniani, Stefania ^c  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b Sezione Distaccata   (Italy)

^c Servizio di Epidemiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COCARCINOGENESIS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMOPREVENTION; COCARCINOGENESIS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0029681447     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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