Lung carcinoma in former smokers

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1004-1010

  Tong, Longzheng ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^a   Fueger, John J ^a   Amos, Christopher I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; former smokers; histology; lung carcinoma; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TEXAS;

EID: 0029839932     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960901)78:5<1004::AID-CNCR10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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