Abstract

The NLST cohort has a distribution of sex and pack-year history that is similar to the component of the general US population that meets the major NLST eligibility criteria; however, NLST participants are younger, better educated, and less likely to be current smokers.

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MedicineLung cancer screeningPopulationChest radiographNational Lung Screening TrialCohortSmoking historyRandomized controlled trialDemographyLung cancerInternal medicineEnvironmental healthLung

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2010
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Volume
102
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23
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1771-1779
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Denise R. Aberle, A. M. Adams, Christine D. Berg et al. (2010). Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Randomized National Lung Screening Trial. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute , 102 (23) , 1771-1779. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djq434

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