Absolute risk of tobacco deaths: One in two smokers will be killed by smoking

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 845-846

  Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO;

HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84862281834     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1927     Document Type: Note

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