Trends in cigarette consumption cannot fully explain trends in British lung cancer rates

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-92

  Lee, Peter N ^a   Forey, Barbara A ^a  

^a P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0031974043     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.2.82     Document Type: Article

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