The association between smoking quantity and lung cancer in men and women

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Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-129

  Powell, Helen A ^a   Iyen Omofoman, Barbara ^a   Hubbard, Richard B ^a,b   Baldwin, David R ^b   Tata, Laila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84871984368     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1068     Document Type: Article

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