Lung cancer mortality trends in 36 European countries: Secular trends and birth cohort patterns by sex and region 1970-2007

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1454-1466

  Bray, Freddie Ian ^a,b   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,c,d,e  

^a Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Europe; Lung cancer; Mortality; Time trends; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949133238     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24855     Document Type: Article

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