Continued increases in the relative risk of death from smoking

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2181-2186

  Mehta, Neil ^a   Preston, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867536108     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300489     Document Type: Article

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