Prospective study of effect of switching from cigarettes to pipes or cigars on mortality from three smoking related diseases

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7098, 1997, Pages 1860-1863

  Wald, N J ^a   Watt, H C ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0030912321     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7098.1860     Document Type: Article

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