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That the effects of smoking should be measured in pack-years: misconceptions 4
Lung cancer incidence in smokers is roughly proportional to dose rate (cigarettes per day) but increases much more rapidly with duration of smoking. The assumption that the incidence rate is proportional to total lifetime dose (the product of dose rate and duration) has been known to be wrong for ma...
Autor principal: | Peto, J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22828655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.97 |
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