Women who smoke like men die like men who smoke: Findings from two australian cohort studies

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-265

  Jamrozik, Konrad ^a   McLaughlin, Deirdre ^b   McCaul, Kieran ^c   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^c,d,e   Wong, Kore Yiee ^b   Vagenas, Dimitrios ^f   Dobson, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 79959827792     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.039172     Document Type: Article

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