Using the negative exponential distribution to quantitatively review the evidence on how rapidly the excess risk of ischaemic heart disease declines following quitting smoking

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-67

  Lee, Peter N ^a   Fry, John S ^a   Hamling, Jan S ^a  

^a P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Half life; Ischaemic heart disease; Meta analysis; Negative exponential distribution; Quitting; Reverse causation; Review; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84863833312     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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