Smoking-Attributable Mortality in Bangladesh : Proportional Mortality Study
Smoking causes about 25% of all deaths in Bangladeshi men aged 25 to 69 years and an average loss of seven years of life per smoker. Without a substantial increase in smoking cessation rates, which are low among Bangladeshi men, smoking-attributable deaths in Bangladesh are likely to increase.
Main Authors: | Alam, Dewan S., Jha, Prabhat, Ramasundarahettige, Chinthanie, Streatfield, Peter Kim, Niessen, Louis W. |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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World Health Organization
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23224 |
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