Health and economic burden of major cancers due to smoking in Korea

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1525-1531

  Oh, In Hwan ^a   Yoon, Seok Jun ^b   Yoon, Tai Young ^a   Choi, Joong Myung ^a   Choe, Bong Keun ^a   Kim, Eun Jung ^c   Kim, Young Ae ^d   Seo, Hye Young ^d   Park, Yoon Hyung ^e  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Cheju Halla University   (South Korea)

^e Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost of illness; Daly; Korea; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMOKING;

EID: 84873030422     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1525     Document Type: Article

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