Awareness and assessment of risk factors for lung cancer in residents of Pokhara Valley

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1789-1793

  Chawla, Rachit ^a   Sathian, Brijesh ^b   Mehra, Aradhana ^c   Kiyawat, Vivek ^a   Garg, Ashvita ^a   Sharma, Kriti ^d  

^a Manipal College Of Medical Scienes   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PLEVEN   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Lung cancer; Nepal; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956108998     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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