Coronary heart disease deaths and decreased smoking prevalence in Massachusetts, 1993-2003

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1468-1469

  Kabir, Zubair ^b   Connolly, Gregory N ^a   Clancy, Luke ^b   Koh, Howard K ^a   Capewell, Simon ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 48749126545     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.129924     Document Type: Article

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