Tobacco and cancer: epidemiology and new perspectives of prevention and monitoring in Mexico
Tobacco smoking is causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6 035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5 154 from other types. Additionally, 16 408 new smoking- attributable cases are diagnosed, causing high costs in the Mexican health sector. Th...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Salud Pública de México |
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| Online Access: | http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7794 |