Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection and the Risk of Female Early-Onset Lung Cancer [1]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-682

  Anttila, Tarja ^a   Koskela, Pentti ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^a   Laukkanen, Päivi ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^b,c   Lehtinen, Matti ^d   Pukkala, Eero ^c   Paavonen, Jorma ^b   Saikkui, Pekka ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142053893     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11353     Document Type: Letter

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