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SUBMITTER: Ho JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3606656 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Demography 20130401 2
Smoking has significantly impacted American mortality and remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. No previous study has systematically examined the contribution of smoking-attributable deaths to mortality trends among blacks or to black-white mortality differences at older ages over time in the United States. In this article, we employ multiple methods and data sources to provide a comprehensive assessment of this contribution. We find that smoking has contributed to the black-white ga ...[more]