Abstract In Xuanwei County, Yunnan Province, lung cancer mortality rates are among the
highest in China in both males and females. Previous studies have shown a strong …

A case-control study on risk factors for lung cancer was carried out in Fuzhou, China. One-
hundred and two newly-diagnosed primary lung cancer cases in urban Fuzhou (78 male …

Smoking is well established as a principal risk factor for lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer
is about ten times higher in smokers in Western countries. In China, a number of …

History of chronic lung diseases and household coal use for heating and cooking are
established risk factors of lung cancer; however, few studies have been able to explore …

Tobacco smoking and some types of occupational exposures have consistently been
considered as important etiologic factors of lung cancer in industrial countries. At the First …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors associated with lung cancer in
Hong Kong. Three hundred and thirty-one histologically or cytologically proven consecutive …

Incomplete combustion of coal in homes has been linked with lung cancer in China. We
report on a lung cancer case-control study in a rural area of China, where many residents …

Fifteen case-control studies on the relationship between smoking and lung cancers in China
were analyzed and evaluated by the method of meta-analysis, using both the fixed-effect …

A case-control study involving 390 lung cancer cases, matched 1: 1 with controls, was
carried out in Guangdong Province to compare risk factors for different histopathologic types …

PURPOSE: Indoor air pollution has been linked with lung cancer in China. In contrast to
previous studies conducted in urban areas with high levels of industrial pollution, we …