The role of smoking in abdominal aortic aneurysm development

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-119

  Badger, Stephen A ^a   O'Donnell, Mark E ^a   Sharif, Muhammed A ^a   McMaster, Cyril ^b   Young, Ian S ^b   Soong, Chee V ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cotinine; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COTININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 59149106221     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708318380     Document Type: Article

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