The risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a relatively rare neoplasm in the United States, was examined in relation to tobacco use in a cohort of nearly 250,000 US veterans whose mortality experience was followed for 26 years. A total of 48 NPC deaths were identified during the follow-up period, C
Smoking and biliary tract cancers in a cohort of US veterans
β Scribed by Chow, W-H; McLaughlin, JK; Hrubec, Z; Fraumeni, JF
- Book ID
- 109837198
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 482 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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