The decline of smoking among Swedish men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-26

  Wersall J P ^a   Eklund, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lung cancer incidence predictions; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031911796     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.1.20     Document Type: Article

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