Cigarette smoking and risk of large cell carcinoma of the lung: A case-control study in Uruguay

Lung Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-274

  De Stefani, Eduardo ^a   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^a,b   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   Brennan, Paul ^c   Ronco, Alvaro ^a   Gutiérrez, Luis Piñeyro ^d   Mendilaharsu, María ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b Instituto Nacional de Oncologia Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Air cured; Carcinoma; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URUGUAY;

EID: 1242283950     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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