Charcoal cigarette filters and lung cancer risk in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Cancer Science

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 283-287

  Muscat, Joshua E ^a   Takezaki, Toshiro ^c   Tajima, Kazuo ^d   Stellman, Steven D ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; CARCINOGEN; CHARCOAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARCOAL; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 21244458823     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2005.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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