Effect of smoking cessation on cervical lesion size

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9006, 1996, Pages 941-943

  Szarewski, Anne ^a,d   Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Sasieni, Peter ^a   Anderson, Malcolm ^b   Edwards, Rob ^a   Steele, Stuart J ^c   Guillebaud, John ^d   Cuzick, Jack ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d Margaret Pyke Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0029940881     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91417-8     Document Type: Article

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