Lung cancer, tobacco, and environmental factors in the African population of the Northern Province, South Africa

Tobacco Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-401

  Mzileni, Olga ^a   Sitas, Freddy ^b   Steyn, Krisela ^c   Carrara, Henri ^b   Bekker, Pieter ^c  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; South Africa; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 0033255975     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.8.4.398     Document Type: Article

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