Lung cancer risk among smokers of menthol cigarettes

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 810-816

  Blot, William J ^a,c   Cohen, Sarah S ^c   Aldrich, Melinda ^b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,c   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^d   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957496914     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr102     Document Type: Article

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