Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-contro...
Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-control study
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England: Elsevier Ltd
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English
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Tobacco use is one of the major avoidable causes of cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to assess the risks associated with tobacco use (both smoking and non-smoking) and second hand tobacco smoke (SHS) worldwide.
We did a standardised case-control study of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with 27 089 participants in 52 countries (12 461 cases, 1...
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Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-control study
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_199040021
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_199040021
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0140-6736
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1474-547X
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10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69249-0
