Smoking-attributable mortality in South America: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dating from the 1920s and linked to the increase in mortality among smokers, tobacco has become one of the most studied health risk factors. Tobacco-use series, whether for the general population or for specific groups, are unavailable for most South American countries, something that hinders the characterisation of this risk factor.

Objectives

To identify and analyse studies that estimate smoking-attributable mortality (SAM) in South America and provide an overview of the impact of smoking habit on mortality in the region.

Methods

Systematic review using PubMed, Embase, LILACS, Biblioteca Virtual en Salud, Google Scholar and Google, and including all papers published until June 2020 reporting studies in which SAM was estimated.

Results

The se

SUBMITTER: Giraldo-Osorio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005314 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature