Body mass index and smoking-related lung cancer risk in the Singapore Chinese Health Study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 610-614

  Koh, W P ^a   Yuan, J M ^b,c   Wang, R ^b   Lee, H P ^a   Yu, M C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chinese; Lung cancer; Prospective cohort; Singapore; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

EID: 76349083822     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605496     Document Type: Article

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