Why is life expectancy a problem for the Danes? The influence of smoking over the last 50 years;Hvorfor har danskerne problemer med middellevetiden? Rygningens betyding i de seneste 50 år

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 160, Issue 47, 1998, Pages 6800-6805

  Juel, Knud ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 0032539060     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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