Tobacco as a cause of lung, cancer: Some reflections

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 687-694

  Wynder, Ernst L ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LAW; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; POLITICS; REVIEW; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030775729     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009342     Document Type: Review

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