Cigarette smoking and lung cancer trends: A light at the end of the tunnel?

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1414-1416

  Weiss, William ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarette smoking; lung cancer; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030980786     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1414     Document Type: Article

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