Attributable causes of lung cancer incidence and mortality in China

Thoracic Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 156-163

  Wang, Jian Bing ^a   Fan, Ya Guang ^b   Jiang, Yong ^a   Li, Ping ^c   Xiao, Hui Juan ^d   Chen, Wan Qing ^a   Wei, Wen Qiang ^a   Zhou, Qing Hua ^b   Qiao, You Lin ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^e,f  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TIANJIN THIRD CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Involuntary smoking; Low fruit intake; Lung cancer; Occupational agents; Population attributable fraction; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CHROMIC ACID; COAL; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 84858850827     PISSN: 17597706     EISSN: 17597714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2011.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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