A new method for estimating smoking-attributable mortality in high-income countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 430-438

  Preston, Samuel H ^a   Glei, Dana A ^b   Wilmoth, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; High income populations; Lung neoplasms; Mortality; Smoking; Smoking Mortality

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77952731718     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp360     Document Type: Article

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