Cancer incidence in a cohort of Finnish male smokers

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Malila, Nea ^a   Virtanen, Mikko J ^b   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^c   Pukkala, Eero ^a  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Smoking; Standardized incidence ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FINLAND; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; TONGUE CANCER;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33746634404     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000197448.49239.60     Document Type: Article

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