Smoking, smoking cessation and aortic arch calcification in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 529-534

  Jiang, Chao Qiang ^a   Lao, Xiang Qian ^a,b   Yin, Peng ^c   Thomas, G Neil ^b   Zhang, Wei Sen ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Adab, Peymane ^c   Lam, Tai Hing ^b   Cheng, Kar Keung ^c  

^a Guangzhou Occupational Diseases Prevention and Treatment Center   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic arch calcification; Chinese; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 58549118061     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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