Significantly lower rate of smoking in female compared to male patients with lung adenocarcinoma

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-285

  Akazawa, Y ^a   Satoh, Hiroaki ^b   Takeda, Y Y ^c   Takiguchi, K ^a   Ishikawa, H ^b   Ohtsuka, M ^b   Sekizawa, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Lung cancer; Smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; LUNG TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0141992504     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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