Smoking and risk of kidney failure in the Singapore Chinese health study.

The relationship between smoking and risk of kidney failure, especially in people of Chinese origin, is not clear. We analyzed data from the Singapore Chinese Health Study to investigate whether smoking increases the risk of kidney failure.The Singapore Chinese Health Study is a population-based coh...

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Main Authors: Aizhen Jin, Woon-Puay Koh, Khuan Yew Chow, Jian-Min Yuan, Tazeen Hasan Jafar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3650019?pdf=render