Application of the modified PGW method for determining the smoking attributable fraction of deaths in New Zealand Maori, Pacific and non-Maori non-Pacific populations

BACKGROUND Preston, Glei and Wilmoth recently proposed a new method for estimating smoking-attributable mortality in high income countries and an improvement to the method was proposed by Rostron. The method greatly simplifies estimation of smoking attributable fractions but additional testing has b...

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Main Authors: Peter Sandiford, Dale Bramley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2013-02-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol28/7/

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