Health consequences of reduced daily cigarette consumption

Tobacco Control

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 472-480

  Tverdal, Aage ^b   Bjartveit, Kjell ^a,c  

^a Norwegian Institute of Public Health ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c National Health Screening Service   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 33845569738     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.016246     Document Type: Review

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