Mortality attributable to cigarette smoking in Taiwan: A 12-year follow-up study

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-148

  Liaw, Kuo Meng ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Smoking attributable diseases; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032082807     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.2.141     Document Type: Article

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