Measuring perceptions of synergistic circulatory disease risk due to smoking and the oral contraceptive pill

Risk Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1139-1151

  French, David P ^a,b,d   Gayton, Emma L ^a   Burton, Jessica ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^c   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraceptive; Measurement; Smoking; Synergistic risk

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS;

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

HEALTH RISK;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036929563     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00278     Document Type: Article

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