Tobacco-related mortality following the Peto-Lopez epidemiological model used in international public health comparison

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 142-145

  Wramner, B ^a,b   Pellmer, K ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Lung cancer; Smoking; Tobacco control; Tobacco related mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODEL; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036904367     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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