Sex-differences in lung cancer cell-types? An epidemiologic study in Ireland

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-35

  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

Histology; Incidence; Ireland; Lung cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRELAND; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38549115509     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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