Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland
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Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland.
PRINCIPLES Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons of variable population size and cultural characteristics. Although a federal law to protect against passive smoking and a national tobacco control programme exist, details of tobacco-related policies are canton-specific. This study aimed to project gender-specific tobacco-related cancer mortality in Switzerland at different geographical levels f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13771