Smoking and colorectal cancer: A 20-year follow-up study of Swedish construction workers

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 1302-1307

  Nyrén, Olof ^a   Bergström, Reinhold ^a   Nyström, Lennarth ^b   Engholm, Göran ^c   Ekbom, Anders ^a,d   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,d   Knutsson, Anders ^e   Stjernberg, Nils ^f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Harvard School of Public Health ^*  (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029761097     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.18.1302     Document Type: Article

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