Cigarette smoking and lung cancer – Risk estimates for the major histological types from a pooled analysis of European case-control studies

B. Pesch, B. Kendzia, P. Gustavsson, K. H. Jöckel, H. Pohlabeln, A. Olsson, W. Ahrens, G. Johnen, K. Straif, T. Brüning (Essen, Bremen, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; Lyon, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Epidemiology of lung cancer
Session: Epidemiology of lung cancer
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 5029
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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