Serum potassium, cigarette smoking, and mortality in middle-aged men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 598-606

  Goya Wannamethee, S ^a   Lever, Anthony F ^b   Gerald Shaper, A ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mortality; neoplasms; potassium; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 1842407758     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009156     Document Type: Article

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