Age-specific incidence ratios of lung cancer (LC) in Turkey: LC in older people is increasing

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-278

  Tas, Faruk ^a   Keskin, Serkan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age specific incidence; Lung cancer; Older people

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TREND STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864958316     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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