Smoking expands expected lifetime with musculoskeletal disease

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-184

  Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Juel, Knud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health expectancy; Life expectancy; Musculoskeletal diseases; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; SMOKING;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SMOKING;

EID: 0344511767     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023093308992     Document Type: Article

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