Changes in smoking status affect women more than men: Results of the lung health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 973-979

  Connett, John E ^a,g   Murray, Robert P ^b   Buist, A Sonia ^c   Wise, Robert A ^d   Bailey, William C ^e   Lindgren, Paula G ^a   Owens, Gregory R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Coord Centers for Biometric Res ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Lung diseases, obstructive; Sex; Smoking cessation; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037675048     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg083     Document Type: Article

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