Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

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Published in Lancet on August 10, 2011

Authors

Rachel R Huxley1, Mark Woodward

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1: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA. rachux@gmail.com

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