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Mortality and morbidity of potentially misclassified smokers

Author(s) -

Poul Suadicani,

Hans Ole Hein,

Finn Gyntelberg

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/26.2.321

Subject(s) - medicine , snuff , epidemiology , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cotinine , chewing tobacco , nicotine , myocardial infarction , ischaemic heart disease , mortality rate , demography , cancer , pathology , physics , sociology , optics

Misclassification of smokers as non-smokers may bias estimates of the excess morbidity and mortality associated with smoking. The issue has been given little, if any, attention in prospective epidemiological studies. This study examined characteristics of potentially misclassified smokers with respect to mortality, morbidity, and risk factors.

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