Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24–28 August 1997, Beijing, China

This book contains the full proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, held 24-28 August 1997 in Beijing, China, and hosted by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association. Tobacco is now causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and di...

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Other Authors: Lu, Rushan (Editor), Mackay, Judith (Editor), Niu, Shiru (Editor), Peto, Richard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book contains the full proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, held 24-28 August 1997 in Beijing, China, and hosted by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association. Tobacco is now causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and disability, affecting first men and then women in developed countries, and now increasingly affecting developing countries. The theme "Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic" was chosen to reflect the increasingly global nature of the problem
Physical Description:XXVIII, 998 p. 10 illus online resource
ISBN:9781447107699