Effect of household passive smoking exposure on the risk of ischaemic heart disease in never-smoke female patients in Hong Kong

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 354-357

  Ding, D ^a,b   Fung, J Wing Hong ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Yip, G Wai Kwok ^a   Chan, C K ^c   Yu, C M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 70349881959     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.026112     Document Type: Article

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