Smoking and lung cancer: Causality, Cornfield and an early observational meta-analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1169-1171

  Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; SMOKING;

EID: 70349884340     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp317     Document Type: Note

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