Lower lung cancer mortality in obesity

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-182

  Leung, Chi C ^a   Lam, Tai H ^b   Yew, Wing W ^c   Chan, Wai M ^d   Law, Wing S ^a   Tam, Cheuk M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Lung cancer; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TOBACCO;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LIP CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OBESITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STOMACH CARCINOMA; UNDERWEIGHT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79952049461     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq134     Document Type: Article

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