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Lung cancer rates convergence in young men and women in the United States: Analysis by birth cohort and histologic type

✍ Ahmedin Jemal; William D. Travis; Robert E. Tarone; Lois Travis; Susan S. Devesa 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 115 KB

## Abstract Age‐specific rates of lung cancer have been consistently higher for men than for women in the United States, due primarily to different patterns of cigarette smoking. Gender differences in cigarette smoking have diminished in recent birth cohorts, however, especially among whites. We us