Mortality in relation to smoking: the British Doctors Study

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Pediatrics - Pulmonology and Allergology Section, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Dept of Pediatrics, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore (Lucca), Italy.
³ Instituto and Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal; Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal.

Maria Elisa Di Cicco et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;12(3):275-276.

doi: 10.1183/20734735.013416.

¹ Dept of Pediatrics - Pulmonology and Allergology Section, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Dept of Pediatrics, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore (Lucca), Italy.
³ Instituto and Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal; Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

The British doctors study: the first strong statistical proof of association between smoking and many diseases http://ow.ly/N2Ii302hD4v.

Conflict of interest None declared.

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