50-year trends in smoking-related mortality in the United States.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 24, 2013

Authors

Michael J Thun1, Brian D Carter, Diane Feskanich, Neal D Freedman, Ross Prentice, Alan D Lopez, Patricia Hartge, Susan M Gapstur

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30303-1002, USA. michael.thun@cancer.org

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