Economic costs attributable to smoking in China: Update and an 8-year comparison, 2000-2008

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 266-272

  Yang, Lian ^a,b   Sung, Hai Yen ^c   Mao, Zhengzhong ^a   Hu, Teh wei ^d   Rao, Keqin ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79959845707     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.042028     Document Type: Article

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