Methodological issues in estimating smoking-attributable mortality in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 573-584

  Malarcher, Ann M ^a   Schulman, Jane ^b   Epstein, Leonardo A ^b   Thun, Michael J ^c   Mowery, Paul ^b   Pierce, Ben ^b   Escobedo, Luis ^a   Giovino, Gary A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebrovascular disorders; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Lung diseases; Lung neoplasms; Mortality; Obstructive; Smoking

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034666420     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.6.573     Document Type: Article

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