The costs of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Taiwan: A prevalence-based annual cost approach

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Sung, Hai Yen ^a   Chang, Li Chuan ^b   Wen, Yu Wen ^c   Tsai, Yi Wen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEPTIC ULCER; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING BAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84904258448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005199     Document Type: Article

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