Smoking, Menthol Cigarettes and All-Cause, Cancer and Cardiovascular Mortality: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and a Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Jones, Miranda R ^a,b   Tellez Plaza, Maria ^a,b,c   Navas Acien, Ana ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIPRURITICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MENTHOL; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84886389366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077941     Document Type: Article

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