Open AccessThe Disproportionate Cost of Smoking for African Americans in California
Author(s) -
Wendy Max,
HaiYen Sung,
LueYen Tucker,
Brad Stark
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.149542
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , productivity , epidemiology , health care , tobacco control , medical prescription , attributable risk , population , demography , public health , economic cost , gerontology , economic growth , nursing , neoclassical economics , sociology , economics , pharmacology
We estimated the economic impact of smoking on African Americans in California in 2002, including smoking-attributable health care expenditures and productivity losses from smoking-caused mortality.
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