Beneficial Six-Year Outcome of Smoking Cessation in Older Men and Women with Coronary Artery Disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 21, 1988, Pages 1365-1369

  Hermanson, Bonnie ^a   Omenn, Gilbert S ^a   Kronmal, Richard A ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023734634     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198811243192101     Document Type: Article

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