The effect of smoking on lung cancer: ethnic differences and the smoking paradox

The objectives of this review were to determine whether the smoking paradox still exists and to summarize possible explanations for the smoking paradox. Based on published data, we compared the risk of cigarette smoking for lung cancer in Western and Asian countries. We extracted data from the relev...

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Main Authors: Keum Ji Jung, Christina Jeon, Sun Ha Jee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2016-12-01
Series:Epidemiology and Health
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Online Access:http://www.e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-38-e2016060.pdf