Smoking questions on the Australian death notification form: Adopting international best practice?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-168

  Sitas, Freddy ^a   O'Connell, Dianne L ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^b   Lopez, Alan D ^c  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; MALE; SMOKING;

AUSTRALIA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 70349561086     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02730.x     Document Type: Review

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