Reducing health disparity in Taiwan: Quantifying the role of smoking

Tobacco Control

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Cheng, T Y ^a   Wen, C P ^a   Tsai, S P ^b   Chung, W S I ^a   Hsu, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20444423283     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2003.005546     Document Type: Article

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