Lung cancer: smoking and other associated factors.

Impact of Neuro-Psychological Factors on Smoking-Associated Lung Cancer

Smoking has been extensively documented as a risk factor for all histological types of lung cancer and tobacco-specific nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons reproducibly cause lung cancer in laboratory rodents. However, the most common lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), frequently develops in never smokers and is particularly common in women and African Americans, sug...

Are Smoking and Other Lifestyle Factors Associated with Urinary Incontinence?

Aims of Study Epidemiological research has revealed several factors associated with urinary incontinence in women, the most commonly reported being age, pregnancy and childbirth. Risk factors that may be modifiable have not been investigated to the same extent. Inadequate control for confounding factors is a weakness of several studies and many have been performed in selected populations. The a...

Lung cancer and smoking.

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The Incidence of Lung Cancer and Smoking in Iran, Turkey, England, and USA: A Comparative Study

Introduction: lung cancer is the deadliest and the costliest cancer in the world. In this study, we have tried to compare the situation of this disease in several countries by considering the most important risk factor of lung cancer (smoking cigarette). Method: This is a comparative study, a comprehensive one which was done on lung cancer rates in four countries, Iran, Turkey, England and UAS...

Occupation, smoking, and lung cancer.