Longitudinal relation between smoking and white blood cells

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 734-741

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b   Muñoz, Alvaro ^a   Peng, Yun ^a   Margolick, Joseph ^a   Chmiel, Joan S ^c   Oishi, John ^d   Kingsley, Lawrence ^e   Samet, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

leukocytes; longitudinal studies; smoking

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029800360     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008997     Document Type: Article

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