Smoking and mortality from tuberculosis and other diseases in India: Retrospective study of 43 000 adult male deaths and 35 000 controls

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9383, 2003, Pages 507-515

  Gajalakshmi, Vendhan ^a   Peto, Richard ^b   Kanaka, Thanjavur Santhanakrishna ^a   Jha, Prabhat ^c  

^a Epidemiological Research Center   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0042157293     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14109-8     Document Type: Article

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