Passive smoking and the risk of coronary heart disease - A meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 920-926

  He, Jiang ^a   Vupputuri, Suma ^a   Allen, Krista ^a   Prerost, Monica R ^a   Hughes, Janet ^a   Whelton, Paul K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0033602551     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199903253401204     Document Type: Article

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