The effect of reducing the number of cigarettes smoked on risk of lung cancer, COPD, cardiovascular disease and FEV1 - A review

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-381

  Lee, Peter N ^a  

^a PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Circulatory disease; FEV1; Respiratory disease; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AMI; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CI; CIRCULATORY DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPD; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; CVD; FEV(1); FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN ONE SECOND; ICD; IHD; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE; ODDS RATIO; OR; RD; RELATIVE RISK; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RR; SES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; STR; STROKE; TC; TOBACCO; TOBACCO RELATED CANCER; TOTAL CANCER; TRC;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84887818983     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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