Trends in cigarette sales and lung cancer mortality in four central European countries

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Kubik A ^a,c   Plesko I ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Epidemiology; Lung cancer mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMERCE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING;

EID: 0031888116     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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