How rapidly does the excess risk of lung cancer decline following quitting smoking? A quantitative review using the negative exponential model

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-26

  Fry, John S ^a   Lee, Peter N ^a   Forey, Barbara A ^a   Coombs, Katharine J ^a  

^a P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cessation of smoking; Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Negative exponential model; Review; Smoking; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

CESSATION OF SMOKING; LUNG CANCER; META-ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL MODEL; REVIEW; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODELS;

AGED; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84880371803     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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