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Incidence of lung cancer in a large cohort of non-smoking men from Sweden

  1. Paolo Boffetta1,2,†,*,
  2. Bengt Järvholm3,
  3. Paul Brennan1,
  4. Olof Nyrén2

Article first published online: 27 AUG 2001

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1507

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 94, Issue 4, pages 591–593, 15 November 2001

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Boffetta, P., Järvholm, B., Brennan, P. and Nyrén, O. (2001), Incidence of lung cancer in a large cohort of non-smoking men from Sweden. Int. J. Cancer, 94: 591–593. doi: 10.1002/ijc.1507

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  1. 1

    Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

  2. 2

    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  3. 3

    Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  1. †

    Fax: +33-4-72738320

*International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert-Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 OCT 2001
  2. Article first published online: 27 AUG 2001
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 MAY 2001
  4. Manuscript Revised: 3 MAY 2001
  5. Manuscript Received: 2 NOV 2000

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