Estimating mortality due to cigarette smoking: Two methods, same result

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 422-426

  Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Juel, Knud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cigarette smoking; Epidemiologic methods; Life expectancy; Mortality; Public health models; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0033918110     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200007000-00010     Document Type: Article

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