Lung cancer mortality in European men: Trends and predictions

Lung Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-145

  Malvezzi, Matteo ^a,b   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Rosso, Tiziana ^a   Bertuccio, Paola ^a,b   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a   Levi, Fabio ^c   Romano, Canzio ^d   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)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

APC; Cancer; CIs; EAPC; EU; Europe; ICD; Lung; Male; Mortality; OR; PI; Projections; Trends; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875895908     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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