## Abstract Because of their increased risk for second cancers, childhood cancer survivors are people who really should not smoke, but available evidence suggests that they do. We studied the smoking habits of longβterm childhood cancer survivors in data collected from 1289 adult survivors of child
Health Status in Survivors of Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence
β Scribed by Lisa Pogany; Ronald D. Barr; Amanda Shaw; Kathy N. Speechley; Maru Barrera; Elizabeth Maunsell
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
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