https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/562792
Title: | Epidemiologic characteristics and multiple risk factors of lung cancer in Taiwan | Authors: | Chen C.-J. Wu H.-Y. Chuang Y.-C. Chang A.-S. KWEN-TAY LUH Chao H.-H. Chen K.-Y. Chen S.-G. Lai G.-M. Huang H.-H. Lee H.-H. |
Keywords: | Epidemiology; lung cancer; risk factors | Issue Date: | 1990 | Journal Volume: | 10 | Journal Issue: | 4 | Start page/Pages: | 971-976 | Source: | Anticancer Research | Abstract: | The specific aim of this study was to examine epidemiologic characteristics and multiple risk factors of lung cancer in Taiwan. The age-adjusted mortality from lung cancer has been increasing since the early 1950s with a constant male-to-female ratio of around 2.0. International comparison of cumulative mortality from lung cancer showed a much lower male-to-female ratio in Chinese than in other populations. Significantly high mortality from lung cancer was observed in highly urbanized cities and the endemic area of chronic arsenicism in Taiwan. Significant associations of active and passive cigarette smoking with epidermoid carcinoma, small cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the lung were observed in a hospital-based case-control study carried out in Taipei metropolitan areas. Alcohol drinking, coffee drinking and various types of indoor air pollution were not related to lung cancer after the cigarette smoking habit was adjusted through a multiple logistic regression analysis. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/562792 | ISSN: | 0250-7005 | SDG/Keyword: | article; cancer risk; female; human; lung cancer; male; priority journal; risk factor; sex difference; taiwan; Adolescent; Adult; Air Pollution; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Taiwan [SDGs]SDG3 [SDGs]SDG11 |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學院附設醫院 (臺大醫院) |
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