Too late to quit? Effect of smoking and smoking cessation on morbidity and mortality among the elderly in a longitudinal study

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 484-491

  Hsu, Hui Chuan ^a   Pwu, Raoh Fang ^b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b iSTAT Healthcare Consulting Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Longitudinal studies; Relative risk; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE;

EID: 8544229904     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70247-5     Document Type: Article

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