Smoking prevalence, smoking-related lung diseases, and national tobacco control legislation

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1825-1831

  Heloma, Antero ^a   Nurminen, Markku ^a   Reijula, Kari ^a   Rantanen, Jorma ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Smoking prevalence; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 10444228112     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.6.1825     Document Type: Article

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