Lung cancer incidence in Singapore: Ethnic and gender differences

Lung Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Lim, Wei Yen ^a   Tan, Chuen Seng ^a   Loy, En Yun ^b   Omkar Prasad, Rohini ^a   Seow, Adeline ^a   Chia, Kee Seng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b National Registry of Diseases Office   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age Period Cohort analysis; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TREND STUDY;

AGE-PERIOD-COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG CANCER; RISK FACTORS;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84896699483     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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