Familial aggregation of lung cancer in a high incidence area in China

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1321-1325

  Jin, Y T ^a   Xu, Y C ^a   Yang, R D ^b   Huang, C F ^c   Xu, C W ^c   He, X Z ^d  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Prov Anti epidemic Station   (China)

^c Xuan Wei Anti Epidemic Station   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Family; Lung neoplasms; Proband; Smoking; Smoky coal exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 18044394402     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602465     Document Type: Article

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