Smoking, smoking cessation, and lung cancer in the UK since 1950: Combination of national statistics with two case-control studies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7257, 2000, Pages 323-329

  Peto, Richard ^a   Darby, Sarah ^a   Deo, Harz ^b   Silcocks, Paul ^c   Whitley, Elise ^d   Doll, Richard ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034609239     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7257.323     Document Type: Article

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