Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lee, Peter N ^a  

^a PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955084665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-18     Document Type: Article

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