Cigarette smoking and changing trends of lung cancer incidence by histological subtype among Chinese male population

Lung Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Tse, Lap Ah ^a   Mang, Oscar Wai Kong ^b   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a   Wu, Fan ^c   Au, Joseph Siu Kie ^d   Law, Stephen Chun Key ^b,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age period cohort models; Histology; Incidence; Lung neoplasm; Smoking; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FORECASTING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949215873     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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