Second-hand smoke exposure in adulthood and lower respiratory health during 20 year follow up in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Second-hand smoke exposure in adulthood and lower respiratory health during 20 year follow up in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Abstract Background Early life exposure to tobacco smoke has been extensively studied but the role of second-hand smoke (SHS) for new-onset respiratory symptoms and lung function decline in adulthood has not been widely investigated in longitudinal studies. Our aim is to investigate the associations...

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Main Authors: Claudia Flexeder, Jan-Paul Zock, Deborah Jarvis, Giuseppe Verlato, Mario Olivieri, Geza Benke, Michael J. Abramson, Torben Sigsgaard, Cecilie Svanes, Kjell Torén, Dennis Nowak, Rain Jõgi, Jesús Martinez-Moratalla, Pascal Demoly, Christer Janson, Thorarinn Gislason, Roberto Bono, Mathias Holm, Karl A. Franklin, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Valérie Siroux, Bénédicte Leynaert, Sandra Dorado Arenas, Angelo Guido Corsico, Antonio Pereira-Vega, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Isabel Urrutia Landa, Holger Schulz, Joachim Heinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
Adults
Smoking
Lung function
Asthma
Respiratory symptoms
Bronchitis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-019-0996-z

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