Women and lung cancer: Gender equality at a crossroad?

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 218-219

  Neugut, Alfred I ^a,b   Jacobson, Judith S ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 33745878259     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.2.218     Document Type: Editorial

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