Risk of lung cancer following nonmalignant respiratory conditions: Evidence from two case-control studies in Montreal, Canada

Lung Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-12

  Ramanakumar, Agnihotram V ^a   Parent, Marie Elise ^b   Menzies, Dick ^c   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emphysema; Lung cancer; Pneumonia; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33744819456     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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