Cigarette smoking cessation and total and cause-specific mortality: A 22-year follow-up study among US male physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1956-1959

  Cao, Yin ^a,b   Kenfield, Stacey ^a,b   Song, Yan ^c   Rosner, Bernard ^b   Qiu, Weiliang ^b   Sesso, Howard D ^b   Gaziano, J Michael ^b,d   Ma, Jing ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455174105     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.526     Document Type: Note

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