Analysis and estimates of attributable risk factors for lung cancer in Nanjing, China

Lung Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Shen, Xiao Bing ^a   Wang, Guo Xiong ^a   Huang, Yuan Zhu ^b   Xiang, Long Sheng ^a   Wang, Xing He ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Coal stove fumes; Cooking fumes; Family tumor history; Lung cancer; Population Attributable Risk (PAR); Risk Ratio (RR); Smoking index

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029916768     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(96)90216-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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