Application of the abridged simsmoke model to four eastern Mediterranean countries

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 413-421

  Levy, David T ^a   Fouad, Heba ^b   Levy, Jeffrey ^c   Dragomir, Anca D ^a   Awa, Fatima El ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHO EMRO   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION;

EID: 84932606828     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052334     Document Type: Article

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