The burden of mortality from smoking: Comparing Sweden with other countries in the European Union

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-131

  Rodu, Brad ^a,c   Cole, Philip ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 1642339455     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017703.13810.97     Document Type: Article

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