Relative and Absolute Excess Risks of Coronary Heart Disease among Women Who Smoke Cigarettes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 317, Issue 21, 1987, Pages 1303-1309

  Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Green, Adele ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^a,b   Monson, Richard R ^a,b   Stason, William ^a,b   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0023241968     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198711193172102     Document Type: Article

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