Impact of Smoking Reduction on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends During 1981–2000 in England and Wales

Impact of Smoking Reduction on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends During 1981–2000 in England and Wales

Objective To explore how much of the coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality fall in England and Wales can be attributed to changes in smoking prevalence. Methods A previously validated cell-based IMPACT CHD mortality model was used to estimate the deaths prevented or postponed by changes in populat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: B Unal, JA Critchley, S Capewell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2003-09-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
Subjects:
ischaemic heart disease
smoking prevalence
coronary
heart disease mortality
risk factor level
general household survey
Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Impact-of-Smoking-Reduction-on-Coronary-Heart-Disease-Mortality-Trends-During-1981-2000-in-England-and-Wales,65406,0,2.html

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