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September 21, 2010

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Changes in U.S. Hospitalization and Mortality Rates Following Smoking Bans

Tue, Sep 21, 2010 3pm to 4:30pm

Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 114

s for myocardial infarction or other diseases. An analysis simulating smaller studies using subsamples reveals that large short-term increases in myocardial infarction incidence following a workplace ban are as common as the large decreases reported in the published literature.