The hazards of death by smoking in middle-aged women

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 799-806

  Gram, Inger T ^a,b   Sandin, Sven ^c   Braaten, Tonje ^a   Lund, Eiliv ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Samfundet Folkhälsan ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Norway; NOWAC study; Population attributable fraction; Smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84886529465     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9851-6     Document Type: Article

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