Effects of husbands' smoking on the incidence of lung cancer in Korean women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 824-828

  Jee, Sun Ha ^a   Ohrr, Heechoul ^b   Kim, Il Soon ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Husbands' smoking; Lung cancer; Non smoking wives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032717173     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.5.824     Document Type: Article

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