Reduced lung cancer deaths attributable to decreased tobacco use in Massachusetts

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 833-838

  Kabir, Zubair ^a   Connolly, Gregory N ^a   Clancy, Luke ^b   Jemal, Ahmedin ^c   Koh, Howard K ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Massachusetts; Smoking; State level

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PREVALENCE; SEER PROGRAM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO;

EID: 34547183405     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9027-3     Document Type: Article

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