Importance of smoking for chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1315-1321

  Karvonen, M ^a   Tuomilehto, J ^a   Pitkaniemi J ^a   Naukkarinen, A ^b   Saikku, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028589017     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/23.6.1315     Document Type: Article

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