Convergence of male and female lung cancer mortality at younger ages in the European Union and Russia

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 450-454

  Zatonski, Witold A ^a   Manczuk, Marta ^a   Powles, John ^b   Negri, Eva ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convergence; Europe; Lung cancer; Sex ratio; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; RUSSIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 35648937458     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl276     Document Type: Article

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