Use of multiple surveys to estimate mortality among never, current, and former smokers: Changes over a 20-year interval

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1664-1668

  Rosenbaum, Wilfred L ^a   Sterling, Theodor D ^b   Weinkam, James J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031770169     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.11.1664     Document Type: Article

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