Is the shape of the decline in risk following quitting smoking similar for squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the lung? A quantitative review using the negative exponential model

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-57

  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; Histological type; Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Negative exponential model; Review; Smoking; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84925779034     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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