Smoke alarm-tobacco control remains paramount

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 665-666

  Colditz, Graham A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SMOKING REGULATION; WORKPLACE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; MALE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 84922737702     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1414318     Document Type: Editorial

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