Mortality in relation to smoking: 40 years' observations on male British doctors

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6959, 1994, Pages 901-

  Doll, R ^a   Peto, R ^a   Wheatley, K ^a   Gray, R ^a   Sutherland, I ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0028168904     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6959.901     Document Type: Article

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