Smoking in adolescence and young adulthood and mortality in later life: prospective observational study.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on May 01, 2001

Authors

P McCarron1, G D Smith, M Okasha, J McEwen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK. mccarrop@mail.nih.gov

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