Is moist snuff use associated with excess risk of IHD or stroke? A longitudinal follow-up of snuff users in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 618-622

  Haglund, Bengt ^a   Rosen, Måns ^a   Eliasson, Mats ^b   Stenbeck, Magnus ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

IHD; moist snuff; smoking; snus; stroke; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 36549036760     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940701436949     Document Type: Article

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