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Prevalence of smoking and incidence of initiation in the Latin American adult population: the PLATINO study

Ana M Menezes1*, Maria V Lopez2, Pedro C Hallal1, Adriana Muiño2, Rogelio Perez-Padilla3, José R Jardim4, Gonzalo Valdivia5, Julio Pertuzé5, Maria M de Oca6, Carlos Tálamo6, Cesar G Victora1 and the PLATINO Team

Author Affiliations

1 Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

2 Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

3 Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico

4 Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

5 Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

6 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:151 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-151

Published: 22 May 2009

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