Association of passive smoking by husbands with prevalence of stroke among Chinese women nonsmokers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-218

  Zhang, Xianglan ^a   Xiao, Ou Shu ^a   Yang, Gong ^a   Hong, Lan Li ^b   Yong, Bing Xiang ^b   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Li, Qi ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Tobacco smoke pollution; Women

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENDER RELATIONS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 13544257207     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi028     Document Type: Article

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