Smoking and mortality in an older Chinese cohort

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1445-1450

  Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Zhan, Si Yan ^b   Tang, Jin Ling ^b   Chan, Sieu Gaen ^b   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chinese older cohort; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0344183017     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01565.x     Document Type: Article

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