Differences among the coloured, white, black, and other South African populations in smoking-attributed mortality at ages 35-74 years: A case-control study of 481640 deaths

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9893, 2013, Pages 685-693

  Sitas, Freddy ^a,b,c   Egger, Sam ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^d   Groenewald, Pam ^d   Laubscher, Ria ^d   Kielkowski, Danuta ^e   Peto, Richard ^f  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PANCREAS CANCER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH CANCER; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84882975164     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61610-4     Document Type: Article

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