Socioeconomic, environmental, and geographic factors and US lung cancer mortality, 1999–2009

Socioeconomic, environmental, and geographic factors and US lung cancer mortality, 1999–2009

Background: The American Cancer Society estimates that about 25% of all US cancer deaths will be due to lung cancer – more than from cancers of the colon, breast, and prostate combined. Methods: We ascertained county-level age-adjusted and age-specific death rates and 95% confidence intervals from t...

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Main Authors: Maria C. Mejia de Grubb, Barbara Kilbourne, Katy Kilbourne, Michael Langston, Lisa Gittner, Roger J. Zoorob, Robert Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Family Medicine and Community Health
Subjects:
Lung cancer
mortality
geographic
risk factors
environmental
hot spot
Online Access:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cscript/fmch/2017/00000005/00000001/art00002

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