Smoking predicts long-term mortality in stroke: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk prospective population study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-131

  Myint, Phyo K ^a   Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^b   Luben, Robert N ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^c   Day, Nicholas E ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Smoking; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORFOLK ISLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 32144455531     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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