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Smoking and mortality: Data from India

This article has estimated the number of tobacco-related deaths in India. Data from the Sample Registration System of the Registrar General of India were used to locate 33 069 women and 41 054 men. These deaths were recorded between 2001 and 2003. The cases were distributed in 1.1 million homes in 6671 small areas chosen randomly from all parts of India.

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