Incidental analysis of primary lung cancer in autopsy cases (The initial report)

Tokyo Jikeikai Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 109-120

  Harada, Tohru ^a   Kawakami, Makio ^a   Saito, Yuji ^a   Odaka, Makoto ^a   Sato, Shuji ^a   Akiba, Tadashi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Incidental analysis; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 27244456043     PISSN: 03759172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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