Smoking and acute myocardial infarction among women and men: A case- control study in Italy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 343-348

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Tavani, Alessandra ^a   Santoro, Luigi ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Female; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0032747255     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0557     Document Type: Article

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