Cancer risk in asthmatic populations

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-360

  Tennis, Patricia ^a   Sherrill, Beth ^a   Fernandez, Carlos ^b   Dolan, Chantal ^c  

^a RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^b Novartis Pharmaceutical SA   (Spain)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 26944458882     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61154-4     Document Type: Article

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