Tobacco use, women, gender, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Are the connections being adequately made?

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 675-679

  Greaves, Lorraine J ^a   Richardson, Lindsay A ^a  

^a British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Respiratory disease; Tobacco use; Women

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 37349025746     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200706-079SD     Document Type: Conference Paper

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