Ischemic stroke risk and passive exposure to spouses' cigarette smoking

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 572-575

  You, Roger X ^c   Thrift, Amanda G ^a   McNeil, John J ^a   Davis, Stephen M ^b   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033040099     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.4.572     Document Type: Article

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