Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 39-78 , July 2003

The economics of smoking and cardiovascular disease

  • James Lightwood

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: James Lightwood, PhD, School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 420, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
    • School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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 Supported by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute and the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (California TRDRP) grant 8RT-0007.

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Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
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