Smoking trajectories from midlife to old age and the development of non-life-threatening health problems: A 34-year prospective cohort study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-112

  Agahi, Neda ^a   Shaw, Benjamin A ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health; Middle aged; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

AGING; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880327015     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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