Smoking decreases the duration of life lived with and without cardiovascular disease: A life course analysis of the Framingham Heart Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-415

  Al Mamun, Abdullah ^a,c   Peeters, Anna ^b   Barendregt, Jan ^b   Willekens, Frans ^a   Nusselder, Wilma ^b   Bonneux, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Lifestyle; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE TABLE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 1642348333     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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