Smoking behavior partially explains socioeconomic inequities in lung cancer incidence

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 18:14 in Health & Medicine

Europeans with the least education have a higher incidence of lung cancer compared with those with the highest education. However, smoking history accounts for approximately half of this risk, according to a study in the February 24 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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