Prevalence of low body mass index among newly diagnosed lung cancer patients in North India and its association with smoking status

Thoracic Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-31

  Singh, Navneet ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Behera, Digambar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Heavy smoking; India; Lung cancer; Smoking index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84861421289     PISSN: 17597706     EISSN: 17597714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2010.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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