Dying for a smoke: How much does differential mortality of smokers affect estimated life-course smoking prevalence?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-70

  Christopoulou, Rebekka ^a   Han, Jeffrey ^a   Jaber, Ahmed ^a   Lillard, Dean R ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential mortality; Life course smoking prevalence rates; Retrospectively reported data; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUSSIA; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650549503     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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