Smoking cessation and mortality among middle-aged and elderly Chinese in Singapore: The Singapore Chinese health study

Tobacco Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 235-240

  Lim, Sin How ^a   Tai, Bee Choo ^a   Yuan, Jian Min ^b,c,d   Yu, Mimi C ^b,c   Koh, Woon Puay ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME;

AGED; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878927909     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050106     Document Type: Article

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