American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 355-362 , November 2006

The Mortality Risk of Smoking and Obesity Combined

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 This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, and the U.S. Public Health Service, and, in part, by contracts NO1-CP-15673, NO1-CP-51016, NO2-CP-81005, NO2-CP-81121.No financial conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

PII: S0749-3797(06)00278-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.07.022

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 355-362 , November 2006

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