Mortality from smoking worldwide

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-21

  Peto, Richard ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b   Boreham, Jillian ^a   Thun, Michael ^c   Heath Jr , Clarke ^c   Doll, Richard ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030069188     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011519     Document Type: Review

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