Life expectancy in men who have never smoked and those who have smoked continuously: 15 year follow up of large cohort of middle aged British men

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7062, 1996, Pages 907-908

  Phillips, Andrew N ^a   Wannamethee, S Goya ^a   Walker, Mary ^a   Thomson, Andy ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029801745     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7062.907     Document Type: Article

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