Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Stroke in Middle-Aged Women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 15, 1988, Pages 937-941

  Colditz, Graham A ^a   Bonita, Ruth ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0023883741     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198804143181501     Document Type: Article

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