Lung cancer mortality patterns in selected Central, Eastern and Southern European countries

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 598-610

  Tyczynski, Jerzy E ^a   Bray, Freddie ^a   Aareleid, Tiiu ^b,c   Dalmas, Miriam ^d   Kurtinaitis, Juozas ^e   Plesko, Ivan ^f   Pompe Kirn, Vera ^g   Stengrevics, Aivars ^h   Parkin, D Maxwell ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b N E Reg Hosp Found Cancer Ctr   (Estonia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d Malta National Cancer Registry   (Malta)

^e Lithuanian Cancer Registry   (Lithuania)

^f CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^g INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^h Latvian Cancer Centre   (Latvia)

Author keywords

European Union; Lung cancer; Mortality; Regression; Trends

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 1542719912     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20019     Document Type: Article

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