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Deaths attributable to smoking in Taiwan, 1995

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Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic

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The impact of smoking in a society is multifactorial and can be measured in several dimensions. One of the most important is the burden of mortality, i. e. the number of smoking-attributable deaths. The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of deaths due to smoking in Taiwan in 1995 by calculating the smoking-attributable mortality.

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  1. John Tung Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, China

    S. P. Tsai, C. P. Wen & D. D. Yen

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  1. S. P. Tsai
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  1. Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    Rushan Lu MD

  2. Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Judith Mackay MD

  3. Institute of Environmental Health and Engineering, Nan Wei Road, Xuan Wu District, Beijing, China

    Shiru Niu MD, PhD

  4. Clinical Trial Service Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK

    Richard Peto MD

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Tsai, S.P., Wen, C.P., Yen, D.D. (2000). Deaths attributable to smoking in Taiwan, 1995. In: Lu, R., Mackay, J., Niu, S., Peto, R. (eds) Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0769-9_24

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