A proportional mortality study on smoking and lung cancer using different causes of deaths for dead controls

Background Proportional mortality studies using reliable death registration and smoking data can be used to assess the effects of smoking and quitting. Deaths from smoking-induced causes are treated as cases, but the selection of other causes to define controls differs. We conducted a proportional...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Ming Mai, Sai-Yin Ho, Tai-Hing Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/A-proportional-mortality-study-on-smoking-and-lung-cancer-using-different-causes,84213,0,2.html