Lung cancer mortality in European women: Trends and predictions

Lung Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-178

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Malvezzi, Matteo ^a,b   Rosso, Tiziana ^a   Bertuccio, Paola ^a,b   Gallus, Silvano ^a   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a   Levi, Fabio ^c   Negri, Eva ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Europe; Female; Lung; Mortality; Projections; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CANCER MORTALITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; IRELAND; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; TOBACCO; UKRAINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868301132     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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