Accuracy of self-reported tobacco assessments in a head and neck cancer treatment population

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-48

  Warren, Graham W ^a   Arnold, Susanne M ^b   Valentino, Joseph P ^b   Gal, Thomas J ^b   Hyland, Andrew J ^c   Singh, Anurag K ^a   Rangnekar, Vivek M ^b   Cummings, K Michael ^c   Marshall, James R ^a   Kudrimoti, Mahesh R ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotinine; Head neck; Radiotherapy; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; COTININE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 84859723421     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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