Risk of chronic bronchitis in twin pairs discordant for smoking

Lung

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 557-561

  Meteran, Howraman ^a   Thomsen, Simon Francis ^a   Harmsen, Lotte ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Skytthe, Axel ^b   Backer, Vibeke ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Epidemiology; Smoking; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SPOUSE; TOBACCO; TWINS;

AGED; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 84866731712     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-012-9397-5     Document Type: Article

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