An analysis of some risk factors for lung cancer in Hong Kong

Lung cancer has been the major cause of cancer death in Hong Kong for more than a decade. Although it is known that some 95% of male cases can be attributed to smoking, the etiological factors in women remain elusive. Among "never-smoked" female cases, increases in attributable risk from p...

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Published inInternational journal of cancer Vol. 35; no. 2; p. 149
Main Authors Koo, L C, Ho, J H, Lee, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.02.1985
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
Hong Kong
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms - genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia - complications
Risk
Sex Factors
Smoking
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Hong Kong
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Summary:Lung cancer has been the major cause of cancer death in Hong Kong for more than a decade. Although it is known that some 95% of male cases can be attributed to smoking, the etiological factors in women remain elusive. Among "never-smoked" female cases, increases in attributable risk from passive smoking were limited to only some of the histological types of lung carcinomas, and an overall analysis of all types did not reveal any significant increase in relative risk from this source. Other environmental factors which encourage bronchial irritation are suspected. Methodological differences may explain the differences in proportional distributions of histological lung tumor types noted between previous reports, and the risk values attributed therein to active and passive smoking.
ISSN:0020-7136
DOI:10.1002/ijc.2910350202