Documentation of smoking in scheduled asthma contacts in primary health care: a 12-year follow-up study

Abstract Smoking among asthmatics is common and associates with poorer asthma control, more rapid lung function decline and higher health care costs in dose-dependent manner. No previous real-life studies exist, however, on how smoking status and pack-years are documented in scheduled asthma contact...

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Main Authors: Jaana Takala, Iida Vähätalo, Leena E. Tuomisto, Onni Niemelä, Pinja Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00309-4