Do smokers understand the mortality effects of smoking? Evidence from the health and retirement survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 755-759

  Schoenbaum, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030986741     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.755     Document Type: Article

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