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Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence in the 1900s relating smoking to lung cancer
BMC Cancer · 2012 · Vol. 12(1) · pp. 385–385
Peter Lee✉(P N Lee Statistics and Computing (United Kingdom))Barbara Forey(P N Lee Statistics and Computing (United Kingdom))Katharine J. Coombs(P N Lee Statistics and Computing (United Kingdom))
Abstract
The association of lung cancer with smoking is strong, evident for all lung cancer types, dose-related and insensitive to covariate-adjustment. This emphasises the causal nature of the relationship. Our results quantify the relationships more precisely than previously.
Smoking Behavior and CessationGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningCancer Risks and FactorsMedicineLung cancerRelative riskConfoundingEpidemiologyMeta-analysisInternal medicineOncologyCancerDemography
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AsiaEuropeFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleNorth AmericaRiskSmokingEpidemiologic StudiesHistory, 20th Century
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