Risk factors for primary lung cancer among non-smoking women in Taiwan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-31

  Ko, Ying Chin ^a   Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Chen, Mei Ju ^a   Huang, Chi Chih ^a   Chang, Wen Yu ^a   Lin, Hsiang Ju ^a   Wang, Hwei Zu ^a   Chang, Po Ya ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooking oil fume; Epidemiology; Fume extractor; Lung neoplasm; Smoking; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; COOKING; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030994761     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.24     Document Type: Article

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