Differences between the studies in reported relative risks associated with smoking: An overview

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 420-427

  Van De Mheen, Perla J ^a   Gunning Schepers, Louise J ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Social Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ERROR SOURCES; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SMOKING; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0029818557     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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