Persisting long term benefits of smoking abstinence and reduction in asthmatic smokers who have switched to electronic cigarettes

Discovery Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 114, 2016, Pages

  Polosa, Riccardo ^a,b,c   Morjaria, Jaymin B ^d   Caponnetto, Pasquale ^a,b   Caruso, Massimo ^b   Campagna, Davide ^a,b,c   Amaradio, Maria Domenica ^b   Ciampi, Giovanni ^e   Russo, Cristina ^e   Fisichella, Alfredo ^b  

^a Centro per la Prevenzione e Cura Del Tabagismo (CPCT)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Universitario Ospedaliera Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e Garibaldi Central Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASTHMA; DISEASE COURSE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TIME FACTOR; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84961603966     PISSN: 15396509     EISSN: 19447930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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