Blood pressure, smoking, and the incidence of lung cancer in hypertensive men in North Karelia, Finland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 442-447

  Lindgren, Annamarja ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Nissinen, Aulikki ^c,d   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Incidence; Lung neoplasms; Medical record linkage; Risk; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIASTOLE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SYSTOLE;

FINLAND;

EID: 0041509090     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg179     Document Type: Article

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