Smoking and dementia in male British doctors: Prospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7242, 2000, Pages 1097-1102

  Doll, Richard ^a   Peto, Richard ^a   Boreham, Jillian ^a   Sutherland, Isabelle ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034701477     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7242.1097     Document Type: Article

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