Smoking and all-cause mortality among a cohort of urban transit operators

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 759-765

  Lipton, Robert ^a   Cunradi, Carol ^b   Chen, Meng Jinn ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blue collar; Cohort; Mortality; Smoking; Urban transit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 56149123939     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9295-6     Document Type: Review

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