Menthol cigarettes and risk of lung cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 609-616

  Brooks, Daniel R ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^b   Strom, Brian L ^c   Rosenberg, Lynn ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Case control studies; Lung neoplasms; Menthol; Smoking; Whites

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141484614     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg182     Document Type: Article

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