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Table 2 Selected details of the 287 studies of lung cancer

From: Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence in the 1900s relating smoking to lung cancer

Study REF

Main ref

Other refs

Brief study descriptiona

Outcome(s)b

Casesc

Full Histd

Princ REFe

ABELIN

[29]

[30]

Switzerland rural CC 1941-64

All

118

No

 

ABRAHA

[31]

[32]

Hungary Budapest cohort 1975-94

All,Sq,Ad

571

No

 

AGUDO

[33]

 

Spain Barcelona area CC 1989-92

All

103

No

 

AKIBA

[34]

[35–37]

Japan atomic bomb survivors cohort 1963-87

All

610

No

 

ALDERSf

[38]

[39, 40]

UK CC 1977-82

All,Sq,Ad

1448

No

 

AMANDU

[41]

 

US metal miner cohort 1959-75

All

132

No

 

AMES

[42]

[43]

US 4 NIOSH coal miner cohorts nested CC 1959-75

All

317

No

 

ANDERS

[44]

[45–47]

US Iowa Women's Health cohort 1986-94

All,Sq,Ad

343

No

 

ARCHER

[48]

[49–53]

US uranium miners cohort 1950-74

All

146

No

 

ARMADA

[54]

 

Spain CC 1986-90

All

325

Yes

 

AUSTIN

[55]

[56]

US Ohio foundry workers CC 1970-86

All

166

No

 

AUVINE

[57]

[58–60]

Finland radon CC 1986-92

All

517

No

 

AXELSO

[61]

 

Sweden radon CC 1960-81

All

152

No

 

AXELSS

[62]

[63–65]

Sweden 26 municipality CC 1989-93

All

436

No

 

BAND

[66]

 

Canada occupational CC 1983-90

All,Sq,Ad

2831

Yes

 

BARBON

[67]

[68–72]

Italy Trieste CC 1979-86

All,Sq,Ad

755

Yes

 

BECHER

[73]

[74, 75]

Germany pilot for BIPS CC 1985-86

All,Sq,Ad

194

Yes

 

BENHAM

[76]

[77–81]

France CC 1976-80

All,Sq,Ad

1625

Yes

LUBIN2

BENSHL

[82]

[83–85]

UK Whitehall civil servants cohort 1967-87

All

486

No

 

BERRIN

[86]

[87]

Italy CC 1977-80

All

1101

Yes

LUBIN2

BEST

[88]

[89–91]

Canada war veteran pensioners cohort 1955-62

All

381

No

 

BLOHMK

[92]

 

Germany Heidelberg personality CC

All

888

Yes

 

BLOT1

[93]

 

US Georgia CC 1970-76

All

458

No

 

BLOT3

[94]

[95, 96]

US Florida CC 1976-79

All

321

No

 

BLOT4

[97]

[96]

US Pennsylvania CC 1974-77

All

335

No

 

BOFFET

[98]

 

West Europe pipe and cigar CC 1988-94

All

5621

No

 

BOUCHA

[99]

 

France Paris CC 1988-92

Sq

150

Yes

 

BOUCOT

[100]

[101–103]

US Philadelphia LC Research cohort 1951-65

All,Sq,Ad

121

No

 

BRESLO

[104]

[105]

US California CC 1949-52

All,Sq,Ad

518

Yes

 

BRETT

[106]

 

UK X-ray volunteers cohort 1960-63

All

150

No

 

BROCKM

[107]

 

Germany Berlin CC study 1990-92

All

117

Yes

 

BROSS

[108]

[109]

US Roswell Park Memorial CC study 1960-66

All

974

No

 

BROWN1

[110]

 

US Colorado adenocarcinoma CC 1979-82

Ad

102

Yes

 

BROWN2

[111]

 

US Missouri CC 1984-90

All,Sq,Ad

14596

Yes

 

BUELL

[112]

 

US California American Legion cohort 1957-62

All

304

No

 

BUFFLE

[113]

[114–118]

US Texas 6 counties CC 1976-80

All,Sq,Ad

943

No

 

BYERS1

[119]

 

US Roswell Park Memorial CC 1957-65

Sq,Ad

1002

No

BROSS, GRAHAM

BYERS2

[120]

 

US Western New York Diet CC 1980-84

All

448

Yes

 

CARPEN

[121]

[122–126]

US California Genetics CC 1991-94

All

356

No

 

CASCO2

[127]

 

Germany Berlin NAT2 Genotyping CC 1991-94

All

155

No

 

CASCOR

[127]

 

Germany Berlin NAT2 Phenotyping CC

All

389

Yes

 

CEDERL

[128]

[129–131]

Sweden cohort 1963-89

All

491

No

 

CHAN

[132]

 

Hong Kong 5 hospital CC 1976-77

All,Sq,Ad

397

No

 

CHANG

[133]

 

US California cholesterol cohort 1972-91

All

136

No

 

CHATZI

[134]

 

Greece Athens CC 1987-88

All

282

Yes

 

CHEN

[135]

 

Taiwan Taipai CC

Sq,Ad

323

Yes

 

CHEN2

[136]

[137]

China Guangzhou CC

All

193

No

 

CHEN3

[137]

[138, 139]

China Zhengzhou CC

All

254

No

 

CHIAZZ

[140]

[141]

US Owens-Corning Fiberglass Newark CC 1940-82

All

144

No

 

CHOI

[142]

 

South Korea Cancer Centre CC 1985-88

All,Sq,Ad

375

No

 

CHOW

[143]

 

US Lutheran Brotherhood Ins. cohort 1966-86

All

219

No

 

CHYOU

[144]

[145, 146]

US Hawaii Oahu Japanese cohort 1965-90

All,Sq,Ad

227

Yes

 

COMSTO

[147]

 

US Washington Co Serum Bank nested CC 1975-93

All,Sq,Ad

258

No

 

COOKSO

[148]

 

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Harare CC 1961-72

All

234

Yes

 

CORREA

[149]

[95, 96, 150–152]

US Louisiana CC 1979-82

All,Sq,Ad

1359

No

 

CPSIg

[153]

[154–178]

US ACS million person CPSI cohort 1959-72

All,Sq,Ad

5138

No

 

CPSII

[179]

[6, 175–178, 180–188]

US 2nd ACS cancer prevention cohort 1982-94

All,Sq,Ad

3229

No

 

DAMBER

[189]

[190–196]

Sweden North CC 1972-77

All,Sq,Ad

579

No

 

DARBY

[197]

 

UK SW England radon CC 1988-93

All

982

No

 

DAVEYS

[198]

[198–201]

Germany Thuringia (Schairer&Schoniger) CC 1930-41

All

109

No

 

DEAN

[202]

[203]

South Africa CC 1947-56

All

603

No

 

DEAN2

[204]

[205]

UK/N Ireland CC 1960-62

All

954

No

 

DEAN3h

[206]

[207]

UK Cleveland Co CC 1969-73

All

766

No

 

DEKLER

[208]

[209, 210]

Australia Kalgoorlie miners cohort 1961-93

All

138

No

 

DESTE2

[211]

[211–217]

Uruguay Montevideo CC 1993-96

All,Sq,Ad

463

No

 

DESTEF

[218]

[219–221]

Uruguay Montevideo CC 1988-94

All,Sq,Ad

497

Yes

 

DOCKER

[222]

[223]

US Harvard six cities cohort 1974-91

All

120

No

 

DOLL

[3]

[224–227]

UK original Doll and Hill CC 1948-52

All,Sq,Ad

1465

No

 

DOLL2i

[228]

[229–239]

UK British Doctors cohort 1951-91

All

920

No

 

DORANT

[240]

[241–243]

Netherlands case-cohort 1986-89

All

550

Yes

 

DORGAN

[244]

[95, 96, 245–250]

US New Jersey CC 1980-83

All,Sq,Ad

2026

Yes

 

DORN

[251]

[252–260]

US Veterans cohort 1954-80

All,Sq,Ad

5097

No

 

DOSEME

[261]

 

Turkey Istanbul CC 1979-84

All,Sq,Ad

1210

No

 

DROSTE

[262]

 

Belgium Antwerp CC 1995-97

All

478

Yes

 

DU

[263]

[264]

China Guangzhou CC 1985

All

849

No

 

DUNN

[265]

 

US California 9 occupations cohort 1954-58

All

139

No

 

EBELIN

[266]

 

Germany Berlin (Lichtenberg) CC 1980-85

All

130

No

 

ENGELA

[267]

[268–270]

Norway cohort 1964-93

All,Sq,Ad

435

No

 

ENSTRO

[271]

 

US California CPSI cohort 1959-97

All

2879

No

 

ESAKI

[272]

 

Japan Omuta and Arao CC 1961-71

All

245

No

 

FAN

[273]

 

China Sino-MONICA-Beijing Project CC 1990-91

All,Sq,Ad

403

No

 

GAO

[274]

[137, 139, 275–281]

China Shanghai CC 1984-86

All,Sq,Ad

1405

No

 

GAO2

[282]

[283]

Japan Tokai diet CC 1988-91

All

282

No

 

GARCIA

[284]

[285–287]

US Boston genetics CC 1992-96

All

416

Yes

 

GARDIN

[288]

[289]

UK/Scotland Airdrie avian CC 1988-92

All

143

No

 

GARSHI

[290]

 

US railroad workers diesel CC 1981-82

All

1081

No

 

GENG

[291]

[292]

China Tianjin CC

All

292

No

 

GER

[293]

[294]

Taiwan Tri-Service General Hospital 1990-91

All,Sq,Ad

141

No

 

GILLIS

[295]

[87]

UK/Scotland West CC 1977-81

All,Sq,Ad

656

No

LUBIN2

GODLEY

[296]

[297]

US 1966–68 NMFS & 1967 current pop survey CC

All

1986

No

 

GOLLED

[298]

[299]

UK Teeside CC 1952-62

All

443

No

 

GOODMA

[300]

[301]

US Hawaii CC 1983-85

All

326

Yes

 

GRAHAM

[302]

 

US Roswell Park Memorial CC 1956-60

All

685

No

 

GREGOR

[303]

 

UK Brompton Hospital vitamin A CC 1976-77

All

104

Yes

 

GSELL

[304]

[305]

Switzerland St Gallen CC 1937-54

All

150

Yes

 

GUO

[306]

 

China Quanshan county Jiangsu CC 1984-86

All

196

No

 

HAENSZ

[307]

 

US Multiple hospital CC 1955-57

All,Sq,Ad

158

Yes

 

HAMMO2

[308]

[309–312]

US & Canada asbestos workers cohort 1967-76

All

450

No

 

HAMMON

[313]

[314–320]

US 9 state cohort 1952-55

All,Sq,Ad

448

No

 

HANSEN

[321]

[322]

Denmark welding companies cohort 1968-86

All

105

No

 

HEGMAN

[323]

[324]

US Utah radon CC 1989-91

All,Sq,Ad

282

Yes

 

HEIN

[325]

 

Denmark Copenhagen Male cohort 1970-88

All

144

No

 

HENNEK

[326]

[327]

US doctors betacarotene trial cohort 1982-95

All

169

No

 

HINDS

[328]

 

US Hawaii CC 1968-78

All,Sq,Ad

292

No

 

HIRAY2

[329]

[330]

Japan Tokyo CC 1950-52

All

145

No

 

HIRAYAj

[331]

[330, 332–345]

Japan 6 prefecture cohort 1965-82

All

1917

No

 

HITOSU

[346]

 

Japan Amagaski and Nishinomiya CC 1960-66

All

216

No

 

HOLEk

[347]

[348–351]

UK/Scotland Renfrew & Paisley cohort 1972-85

All

225

No

 

HOROWI

[352]

 

Canada Montreal CC 1956-67

All

236

No

 

HORWIT

[353]

 

US Yale/New Haven CC 1977-82

All

112

No

 

HU

[354]

 

China Heilongjiang 5 hospital CC study 1985-87

All

227

Yes

 

HU2

[355]

[137, 139, 356]

China Harbin CC study 1977-79

All

523

No

 

HUANG

[357]

 

China Sichuan CC 1990-91

All

135

No

 

HUMBLE

[358]

[359–362]

US New Mexico statewide CC 1980-82

All

521

No

 

ISHIMA

[363]

[364]

Japan A bomb survivors CC 1961-70

All,Sq,Ad

180

Yes

AKIBA

JAHN

[365]

[366–369]

Germany BIPS CC 1988-93

All,Sq,Ad

1004

No

BOFFET

JAIN

[370]

[371, 372]

Canada Ontario CC 1981-85

All,Sq,Ad

845

No

 

JARUP

[373]

[374, 375]

Sweden smelter workers CC 1928-81

All

102

No

 

JARVHO

[376]

 

Sweden Goteborg asbestos CC 1983-84

All

147

No

 

JEDRYC

[377]

[378–382]

Poland CC 1980-87

All,Sq,Ad

1630

No

 

JIANG

[383]

[137, 139]

China Nanchang CC 1984

All,Sq,Ad

125

No

 

JOLY

[384]

 

Cuba Havana CC 1978-80

All,Sq,Ad

826

No

 

JUSSAW

[385]

 

India Greater Bombay CC 1964-73

All,Sq,Ad

792

No

 

KAISE2

[386]

[387, 388]

US California Kaiser cohort 1979-91

All

318

No

 

KAISER

[389]

[390]

US California Kaiser cohort 1964-80

All

714

No

 

KANELL

[391]

[391, 392]

Greece Hellenic Anticancer Inst CC 1950-62

All

862

No

 

KATSOU

[393]

 

Greece Athens CC 1987-89

All,Sq,Ad

101

No

 

KAUFMA

[394]

 

US & Canada tar level CC 1981-86

All

881

No

 

KELLER

[395]

 

US Illinois CC 1985-87

All

15038

No

 

KHUDER

[396]

 

US Philadelphia 15 hospital CC 1985-87

All,Sq,Ad

482

Yes

 

KIHARA

[397]

[398]

Japan Kanagawa genetic CC 1991-98

All,Sq,Ad

440

No

 

KINLEN

[399]

 

UK tea drinking cohort 1967-86

All

718

No

 

KJUUS

[400]

[401, 402]

Norway Telemark and Vestfold CC 1979-83

All

176

No

 

KNEKT

[403]

[404–407]

Finland Mobile Clinic Health cohort 1966-91

All

515

No

 

KO

[408]

 

Taiwan Kaohsiung CC 1992-93

All

117

Yes

 

KOHLME

[409]

 

Germany Berlin pet birds CC 1990

All

239

No

 

KOO

[410]

[411–414]

Hong Kong 8 hospital CC 1981-83

All,Sq,Ad

200

No

 

KOULUM

[415]

 

Finland Helsinki CC 1936-52

All

812

No

 

KREUZE

[416]

[417, 418]

Germany radon CC 1990-96

All

2260

No

BOFFET

KREYBE

[419]

[420, 421]

Norway CC 1948-53

All,Sq,Ad

300

Yes

 

KUBIK

[422]

[423]

Czechoslovakia Kolin district cohort 1965-71

All

108

No

 

LAMTH

[424]

[411]

Hong Kong 8 hospital CC 1983-86

All,Sq,Ad

445

No

 

LAMWK

[425]

[411]

Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital CC 1981-84

All,Sq,Ad

163

No

 

LAMWK2

[426]

[132, 413]

Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital CC 1976-80

All,Sq,Ad

480

No

 

LANGE

[427]

[428–430]

Denmark Copenhagen City Heart cohort 1976-89

All

268

No

 

LAURIL

[431]

[432, 433]

Finland ATBC nested CC 1988-93

All

230

No

 

LAUSSM

[434]

 

Germany Aue/Saxony uranium miners CC 1982-89

All

432

No

 

LEI

[435]

 

China Guangzhou CC 1986

All

792

No

 

LEMARC

[436]

 

US Hawaii Oahu genotyping CC 1992-97

All

341

Yes

 

LETOUR

[437]

 

Canada Winnipeg radon CC 1983-90

All

738

Yes

 

LEVIN

[438]

[302, 439, 440]

US Roswell Park Memorial CC 1938-52

All

475

No

 

LIAW

[441]

 

Taiwan 12 township cohort 1982-94

All

127

No

 

LICKIN

[442]

[443, 444]

Germany West CC

All

224

No

 

LIDDEL

[445]

[446–449]

Canada Quebec chrysotile mine cohort 1970-88

All

304

No

 

LIU

[450]

 

China Shun Yi CC 1980-86

All

229

No

 

LIU2

[451]

 

China Guangzhou CC 1983-84

All

316

No

 

LIU3

[452]

[137, 453, 454]

China Xuanwei farmers CC 1985-86

All

110

No

 

LIU4

[455]

 

China million deaths 1986-88

All

100000

No

 

LIU5

[456]

[137]

China Wuhan CC 1978-79

All

111

No

 

LOMBA2

[457]

[458]

US Boston CC 1960-67

All,Sq,Ad

225

No

 

LOMBAR

[458]

[457, 459]

US Boston CC 1951-64

All

1040

No

 

LUBIN

[460]

[460–462]

China Yunnan tin miners CC 1984-88

All,Sq,Ad

427

No

XIANGZ

LUBIN2

[463]

[464–469]

West Europe CC 1976-80

All,Sq,Ad

7804

Yes

 

LUO

[470]

 

China Fuzhou CC 1990-91

All,Sq,Ad

102

Yes

 

MACLEN

[471]

 

Singapore CC 1972-73

All

233

No

 

MAGNUS

[472]

[473]

Norway nickel workers cohort 1953-93

All

203

No

 

MARSH

[474]

 

US Arizona 6 smelter town CC 1979-90

All

150

No

 

MARSH2

[475]

 

US Arizona 4 smelter town CC 1979-90

All

114

No

 

MARTIS

[476]

 

UK Tyneside asbestos CC 1972-73

All

201

No

 

MASTRA

[477]

 

Italy silica CC 1973-80

All

309

No

 

MATOS

[478]

 

Argentina Buenos Aires CC 1994-96

All,Sq,Ad

200

No

 

MATSUD

[479]

[330]

Japan Osaka CC 1965

All,Sq,Ad

179

No

 

MCCONN

[480]

 

UK Liverpool CC 1946-49

All

100

Yes

 

MCDUFF

[481]

 

Canada Saskatchewan CC 1979-83

All

165

No

 

MCLAUG

[482]

 

China 5 region silica workers CC 1972-89

All

316

No

 

MIGRAN

[483]

[484, 485]

UK British part of migrant cohort 1964-77

All

259

No

 

MILLER

[486]

 

US Erie County CC 1972-84

All

168

No

 

MILLS

[487]

 

US Ohio CC 1940-47

All

444

No

 

MOLLO

[488]

 

Italy Turin CC 1982-92

All,Sq,Ad

145

Yes

 

MRFIT

[489]

[490]

US MRFIT initial screening cohort 1973-82

All

2004

No

 

MRFITR

[489]

[490–492]

US MRFIT randomized subjects cohort 1973-85

All

119

No

MRFIT

MURATA

[493]

 

Japan Chiba gastric screen nested CC 1984-93

All

107

No

 

MZILEN

[494]

 

South Africa Northern Province black people CC

All

374

No

 

NAM

[495]

 

US National Mortality Followback 1986

All

1199

No

 

NOTAN2

[496]

[497]

India Tata Memorial Hospital CC 1963-71

All

683

No

 

NOTANI

[498]

 

India Tata Memorial Hospital CC 1986-90

All

246

No

 

NOU

[499]

 

Sweden Uppsala CC 1971-76

All,Sq,Ad

273

No

 

ODRISC

[500]

[501]

UK Salford Bronchoscopy Database CC

All

446

No

 

ORMOS

[502]

 

Hungary Szeged CC 1947-59

All,Sq,Ad

119

Yes

 

OSANN

[503]

 

US Orange Co. Cancer Surveillance CC 1984-86

All,Sq,Ad

1986

No

 

OSANN2

[504]

[505]

US California Kaiser nested CC 1969-77

All,Sq,Ad

217

Yes

KAISER

PARKIN

[506]

 

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Bulawayo CC 1963-77

All

877

No

 

PASTOR

[507]

 

Italy Lombardy CC 1976-79

All

204

No

 

PAWLEG

[508]

 

Poland Cracow CC 1992-94

All

176

Yes

 

PERNU

[509]

 

Finland CC 1944-58

All

1606

No

 

PERSH2

[510]

 

Sweden 109 municipality CC 1980-84

All

1022

No

 

PETO

[511]

 

UK FEV cohort 1954-81

All

103

No

 

PEZZO2

[512]

 

Argentina Rosario CC 1992-98

All

367

Yes

 

PEZZOT

[513]

 

Argentina Rosario CC 1987-91

All,Sq,Ad

215

Yes

 

PIKE

[514]

 

US California LA County air poll. CC 1972-75

All

731

No

 

PISANI

[515]

[87]

Italy Lombardy diet CC 1980-81

All

417

No

LUBIN2

POFFIJ

[516]

[517]

West Europe Ardennes-Eifel radon CC 1990-95

All

971

No

 

POLEDN

[518]

 

US Toxic waste dumpsite CC 1978-81

All

209

No

 

PRESCO

[519]

[520]

Denmark 3 Copenhagen cohort studies pooled 1964-93

All,Sq,Ad

867

No

HEIN, LANGE

QIAO

[521]

[522, 523]

China Yunnan tin miners CC 1985

All

107

No

XIANGZ

QIAO2

[524]

 

China Yunnan tin miners cohort 1992-95

All

241

No

 

RACHTA

[525]

 

Poland Cracow CC 1991-94

All

118

Yes

 

RADZIK

[526]

 

Poland lung cancer relatives CC 1986-87

All

189

No

 

RANDIG

[527]

 

Germany Berlin CC 1951-54

All

448

No

 

REN

[137]

 

China CC

All

244

No

 

RESTRE

[528]

 

Colombia CC 1978-80

All

102

No

 

RIMING

[529]

 

UK Mass radiography cohort 1970-76

All

104

No

 

RONCO

[530]

 

Italy Turin CC 1976-80

All

126

No

 

ROOTS

[531]

 

Germany Berlin debrisoquine CC

All

270

Yes

CASCOR

ROTHSC

[532]

 

US Southern Louisiana CC 1971-77

All

284

No

 

SAARIK

[533]

 

Finland genetics CC 1988-96

All,Sq,Ad

205

Yes

 

SADOWS

[534]

 

US National Cancer Institute CC 1938-43

All

477

No

 

SANKAR

[535]

 

India Trivandrum diet CC 1990

All

281

No

 

SCHWAR

[536]

[537]

US Michigan CC 1984-87

All,Sq,Ad

5588

Yes

 

SEGI

[538]

 

Japan nationwide CC 1948-52

All

159

No

 

SEGI2

[539]

 

Japan Tokyo and Sendai CC 1962-70

All,Sq,Ad

378

No

 

SEOW

[540]

 

Singapore NAT2 CC 1997-98

All,Sq,Ad

153

Yes

 

SHAW

[541]

 

US & Canada Bethesda/Quebec debrisoquine CC 1988-92

All

335

Yes

 

SHIMIZ

[542]

 

Japan Sendai Kosei Hospital CC 1977-82

All,Sq,Ad

751

No

 

SIEMIA

[543]

[544–547]

Canada Montreal occupational CC 1979-85

All,Sq,Ad

857

Yes

 

SIMARA

[548]

 

Thailand Chiang Mai CC 1971-72

All

115

No

 

SITAS

[549]

 

South Africa Johannesburg black people CC −1997

All

*

No

 

SOBUE

[550]

[551, 552]

Japan Osaka CC 1986-88

All,Sq,Ad

1376

Yes

 

SOBUE2

[553]

 

Japan Osaka CC 1965-83

All,Sq,Ad

2083

No

 

SPEIZE

[554]

[555]

US Nurses' Health cohort 1976-92

All

593

Yes

 

SPITZ

[556]

[557–566]

US Texas University Genetics

All

177

Yes

 

STASZE

[567]

 

Poland Gliwice CC 1954-58

All,Sq,Ad

281

Yes

 

STAYNE

[568]

[569]

US Third National Cancer Survey CC 1969-71

All,Sq,Ad

420

No

 

STOCKS

[570]

[571, 572]

UK British Empire Cancer Campaign CC 1952-55

All

2932

No

 

STOCKW

[573]

 

US Florida phosphate mining area CC 1981-83

All

22161

No

 

STUCKE

[574]

 

France GSTM1 CC 1989-92

All

247

Yes

 

SUN

[575]

 

China Liaoning genetics CC 1992-94

All

207

Yes

 

SUZUK2

[576]

[577]

Brazil Rio de Janeiro CC 1991-92

All,Sq,Ad

123

Yes

 

SUZUKI

[578]

 

Japan Osaka CC 1978-86

Ad

238

Yes

 

SVENSS

[579]

[580, 581]

Sweden Stockholm County CC 1983-86

All,Sq,Ad

210

No

 

TANG

[582]

[583]

US Columbia Presbyterian genetics CC

All

119

Yes

 

TANG2

[584]

 

UK 4 cohort studies pooled 1967-90

All

836

No

BENSHL, HOLE, WALD

TAO

[585]

 

China Shanghai CC 1988-90

All

723

No

 

TENKAN

[586]

[587–591]

Finland part Finland/Norway cohort 1962-87

All

242

No

 

TIZZAN

[592]

 

Italy CC 1959-61

All,Sq,Ad

1358

No

 

TOKARS

[593]

[594–597]

Russia Nuclear Workers nested CC 1966-91

All,Sq,Ad

162

Yes

 

TOUSEY

[598]

 

US Duval County CC 1993-96

All

507

Yes

 

TSUGAN

[599]

 

Japan National Cancer Centre CC 1976-85

All,Sq,Ad

134

Yes

 

TULINI

[600]

 

Iceland Rejkjavik cohort 1967-95

All

472

No

 

TVERDA

[601]

 

Norway cohort 1972-88

All

238

No

 

ULMER

[602]

 

Germany Bochum CC 1971-75

All

726

No

 

VEIERO

[603]

 

Norway Health Screening cohort 1977-91

All

153

No

TVERDA

VUTUC

[604]

[604–620]

Austria CC 1976-80

All,Sq,Ad

1877

No

LUBIN2

WAKAI

[621]

 

Japan Okinawa CC 1988-91

All,Sq,Ad

333

Yes

 

WALD

[622]

 

UK BUPA cohort 1975-93

All

102

No

 

WANG

[623]

 

China Guangdong CC 1990-93

All,Sq,Ad

390

Yes

 

WANG2

[624]

[137, 139]

China Tai Yuan CC 1980-82

All

103

No

 

WANG3

[137]

[139, 625]

China Nanjing CC

All

293

No

 

WANG4

[626]

 

China Xuanwei farmers cohort 1976-96

All

1170

No

 

WARSIN

[442]

 

Netherlands CC

All

134

No

 

WATSON

[627]

[628]

US New York Memorial Hospital CC 1950-52

All

301

Yes

 

WICKLU

[629]

 

US Washington County orchardists CC 1968-80

All

155

No

 

WIGLE

[630]

 

Canada Alberta CC 1971-73

All

728

No

 

WILKIN

[631]

 

UK London Chest Hospital CC 1992-93

All

271

No

 

WU

[632]

 

US California LA County CC 1981-82

All,Sq,Ad

220

Yes

 

WU2

[633]

 

US California LA County CC 1983-86

Ad

336

Yes

 

WUNSCH

[634]

[635]

Brazil Sao Paulo CC study 1990-91

All

398

No

 

WUWILL

[636]

[137, 139, 637–640]

China Shenyang and Harbin CC study 1985-87

All,Sq,Ad

965

No

 

WYNDE2

[641]

[642–644]

US New York CC study 1962-64

All,Sq,Ad

404

Yes

 

WYNDE3

[645]

 

US New York Memorial CC study 1966-69

All,Sq,Ad

350

Yes

 

WYNDE4

[2]

[646]

US 8 state CC study 1948-50

All,Sq,Ad

684

No

 

WYNDE5

[647]

[648]

US 4 city CC study 1969-76

All,Sq,Ad

1365

Yes

WYNDE6

WYNDE6l

[649]

[644, 650–677]

US 4 city CC study 1969-96

All,Sq,Ad

4423

Yes

 

WYNDE7

[676]

 

US 6 city CC study 1977-84

All,Sq,Ad

2085

Yes

WYNDE6

WYNDE8

[677]

 

US 4 city CC study 1985-90

All,Sq,Ad

1044

Yes

WYNDE6

WYNDER

[678]

 

Cuba Havana CC study 1956-57

All

120

No

 

XIANGZ

[679]

 

China Yunnan tin miners cohort study 1976-87

All

983

No

 

XU

[637]

[137, 139, 638, 639]

China Shenyang CC study 1985-87

All,Sq,Ad

729

No

 

XU2

[680]

[639]

China Anshan Iron-Steel workers CC study 1987-93

All

610

No

 

XU3

[681]

[137]

China Tianjin CC study 1981

All, Sq, Ad

135

No

 

XU4

[137]

[682]

China 26 city air pollution CC study

All

206

No

 

YAMAGU

[683]

 

Japan occupational CC study 1989-90

All

144

Yes

 

YONG

[684]

[260]

US NHANES I - NHEFS cohort study 1971-92

All

216

No

 

YUAN

[685]

 

China Shanghai cohort study 1986-93

All

142

No

 

ZHANG

[686]

[137]

China Jinzhou CC study 1988-89

All

100

No

 

ZHENG

[687]

[137, 139, 688]

China Shanghai CC study 1982-84

All,Sq,Ad

540

Yes

 

ZHOU

[689]

 

China Medical Univ CC study 1978-94

All,Sq,Ad

1360

No

 
  1. a CC = case–control, date range for cohort study is from start at baseline interview to end of follow-up.
  2. b Indicates whether the study provided data for all lung cancer (All), squamous cell carcinoma (Sq) or adenocarcinoma (Ad), or a near equivalent definition (see Methods).
  3. c Number of lung cancer cases.
  4. d Whether or not full histological confirmation of cases was carried out.
  5. e For subsidiary studies, this column shows the relevant principal study.
  6. f Additional sources were two unpublished reports made available by personal communication from P N Lee.
  7. g Additional sources were two unpublished reports made available by personal communication from Dr E C Hammond.
  8. h An additional source was an unpublished report made available by personal communication from Dr G Dean.
  9. i An additional source was an unpublished report made available by personal communication from Dr J Peto.
  10. j An additional source was an unpublished report made available by personal communication from Dr T Hirayama.
  11. k An additional source was an unpublished report made available by personal communication from Dr V Hawthorne.
  12. l An additional source was an unpublished report made available by personal communication from Dr G C Kabat.
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