Cigarette smoking, tar yields, and non-fatal myocardial infarction: 14000 cases and 32000 controls in the United Kingdom

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7003, 1995, Pages 471-

  Parish, S ^a   Collins, R ^a   Peto, R ^a   Youngman, L ^a   Barton, J ^a   Jayne, K ^a   Clarke, R ^a   Appleby, P ^a   Lyon, V ^a   Cederholm Williams, S ^b   Marshall, J ^b   Sleight, P ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Bioresearch Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LIPID; TAR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COTININE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLANTS, TOXIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TARS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0028983839     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7003.471     Document Type: Article

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