Global burden of all-cause and cause-specific mortality due to smokeless tobacco use: systematic review and meta-analysis

Narain Sinha, Dhirendra; Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Rizwan; C. Gupta, Prakash; Thamarangsi, Thaksaphon; Agarwal, Naveen; Parascandola, Mark; Mehrotra, Ravi

doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053302

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Global burden of all-cause and cause-specific mortality due to smokeless tobacco use: systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in Tobacco Control • Nov 30, 2016

Authors:

Dhirendra Narain Sinha

Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader

Prakash C. Gupta

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review and meta-analyse the studies investigating the association between smokeless tobacco (SLT) use and all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality outcomes among adult users of SLT and estimate the number of attributable deaths worldwide. METHODS: Random-effects...

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Medicine

Smokeless tobacco

Meta-analysis

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