Cancer incidence in female smokers: A 26-year follow-up

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 625-628

  Nordlund, L Anders ^a   Carstensen, John M ^a   Pershagen, Göran ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031588340     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971127)73:5<625::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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