Economic burden of smoking in Korea

Tobacco Control

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-44

  Kang, H Y ^a,b   Kim, H J ^a   Park, T K ^b   Jee, S H ^b   Nam, C M ^a   Park, H W ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; KOREA; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 1642295085     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.12.1.37     Document Type: Article

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