Recent lung cancer patterns in younger age-cohorts in Ireland

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Kabir, Zubair ^a,b   Connolly, Gregory N ^a   Clancy, Luke ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Ireland; Lung cancer; Smoking ban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34147125962     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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