The risk of death by age, sex, and smoking status in the United States: Putting health risks in context

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 845-853

  Woloshin, Steven ^b   Schwartz, Lisa M ^a   Welch, H Gilbert ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; OVARY CANCER; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849150693     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn124     Document Type: Article

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