Time for a smoke? One cigarette reduces your life by 11 minutes

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7226, 2000, Pages 53-

  Shaw, Mary ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a   Dorling, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 0034064786     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7226.53     Document Type: Letter

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