To evaluate risk factors for lung cancer in nonsmoking women, we used data of a case-control study conducted between 1991 and 1996 in Germany. A total of 234 female histologically confirmed lung cancer patients and 535 population controls who had never smoked more than 400 cigarettes in their lifeti
Lung Cancer Risk among Exsmokers
โ Scribed by Sobue, Tomotaka ;Suzuki, Takaichiro ;Fujimoto, Isaburo ;Matsuda, Minoru ;Doi, Osamu ;Mori, Akashi ;Furuse, Kiyoyuki ;Fukuoka, Masahiro ;Yasumitsu, Tsutomu ;Kuwahara, Osamu ;Ichitani, Michio ;Taki, Toshihiko ;Kuwabara, Masayoshi ;Nakahara, Kazuya ;Endo, Shozo ;Sawamura, Kenji ;Kurata, Masahiko ;Hattori, Shoji
- Book ID
- 108579284
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 416 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-5050
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