Dose-response effect of smoking status on quality-adjusted life years among u.S. adults aged 65 years and older

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e194-e201

  Jia, Haomiao ^a   Lubetkin, Erica I ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

method; Morbidity; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SMOKING CESSATION; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042414277     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw096     Document Type: Article

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