Erratum to: The burden of smoking in Israel-attributable mortality and costs (2014).
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-3-28.].
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The burden of smoking in Israel–attributable mortality and costs (2014)
BACKGROUND Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death, incurring huge resource costs in terms of treating morbidity and lost productivity. This paper estimates smoking attributable mortality (SAM) as health costs in 2014 in Israel. METHODS Longitudinal data on prevalence of smokers and ex-smokers were combined with diagnostic and gender specific data on Relative Risks (RR) to g...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Israel journal of health policy research
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016