Mortality attributable to smoking in China

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-159

  Gu, Dongfeng ^a   Kelly, Tanika N ^b   Wu, Xigui ^a   Chen, Jing ^c   Samet, Jonathan M ^d   Huang, Jian Feng ^a   Zhu, Manlu ^a   Chen, Ji Chun ^a   Chen, Chung Shiuan ^b   Duan, Xiufang ^a   Klag, Michael J ^d   He, Jiang ^b,c  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 58149379887     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa0802902     Document Type: Article

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