Trends in lung cancer among young European women: The rising epidemic in France and Spain

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-465

  Levi, Fabio ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^b   Fernandez, Esteve ^c,d   Hill, Catherine ^e   Lucchini, Franca ^a   Negri, Eva ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Lung cancer; Mortality; Time trends; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 34250373304     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22694     Document Type: Article

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