Medicine and society: Is tobacco use a disease?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 880-882

  Frohlich, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; HEALTH; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 54349095218     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080545     Document Type: Note

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