Mortality Attributable to Smoking in China
Authors:
- Dongfeng GuDongfeng Gu
- Tanika N. KellyTKTanika N. Kelly
- Xigui WuXWXigui Wu
- Jing ChenJCJing Chen
- Jonathan M. SametJSJonathan M. Samet
- Jian-Feng HuangJHJian-Feng Huang
- Manlu ZhuMZManlu Zhu
- Ji-Chun ChenJCJi-Chun Chen
- Chung-Shiuan ChenCCChung-Shiuan Chen
- Xiufang DuanXDXiufang Duan
- Michael J. KlagMKMichael J. Klag
- Jiang HeJHJiang He
Open Access
- 8 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 360 (2) , 150-159
Abstract
Smoking is a risk factor for many diseases and has been increasingly prevalent in economically developing regions of the world. We aimed to estimate the number of deaths attributable to smoking in China.Keywords
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