Smoking is associated with an increased risk of acute chest syndrome and pain among adults with sickle cell disease

Blood

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3852-3854

  Cohen, Robyn T ^a   DeBaun, Michael R ^b   Blinder, Morey A ^b   Strunk, Robert C ^b   Field, Joshua J ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952556114     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-265819     Document Type: Letter

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