Incense use and respiratory tract carcinomas: A prospective cohort study

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1676-1684

  Friborg, Jeppe T ^a,b   Yuan, Jian Min ^a   Wang, Renwei ^a   Koh, Woon Puay ^c   Lee, Hin Peng ^c   Yue, Mimi C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Chinese; Incense; Respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SMOKE;

EID: 54049133296     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23788     Document Type: Article

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