Decrease in risk of lung cancer death in Japanese men after smoking cessation by age at quitting: Pooled analysis of three large-scale cohort studies

Cancer Science

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 584-589

  Wakai, Kenji ^a,b   Marugame, Tomomi ^d   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^f   Sobue, Tomotaka ^d   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^c,h   Satoh, Hiroshi ^f,i   Tajima, Kazuo ^a,b,i   Suzuki, Takaichiro ^g,i   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^e,j  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Statistics and Cancer Control Division

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^h The JACC (Japan Collaborative Cohort) Study Group   (Japan)

ⁱ The Three Prefecture Cohort Study Group

^j The JPHC (Japan Public Health Center Based Prospective) Study Group   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147125881     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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