Smoking and risk of colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-139

  Knekt, P ^a   Hakama, M ^b   Jarvinen R ^c   Pukkala, E ^b   Heliovaara M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colorectum; Epidemiology; Neoplasm; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0031806038     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.455     Document Type: Article

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