Low socio-economic status, smoking, mental stress and obesity predict obstructive symptoms in women, but only smoking also predicts subsequent experience of poor health

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Thorn, Jörgen ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Guo, Xinxin ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Sundh, Valter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female; Lung function; Population study; Smoking; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33846059006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4.7     Document Type: Article

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