The Risk of Dying from Lung Cancer by Race: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Biracial Cohort in Charleston, South Carolina

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 304-310

  Nonemaker, Jill M ^a   Garrett Mayer, Elizabeth ^a   Carpenter, Matthew J ^a,b   Ford, Marvella E ^a   Silvestri, Gerard ^a,c   Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Alberg, Anthony J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Allergy and Clinical Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Cigarette Smoking; Hypertension; Lung Cancer; Racial Disparities; Socioeconomic Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH CAROLINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63749133201     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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