Smoking is associated with higher risk of contracting bacterial infection and pneumonia, intensive care unit admission and death

Background: Smoking has been associated with a higher risk of contracting pneumonia, but contradictory results have shown that smoking may or may not decrease the risk of dying in pneumonia. The aim of this study is to investigate how smoking is associated with contracting any infection and pneumoni...

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Main Authors: Stattin, K, Eriksson, M, Frithiof, R, Kawati, R, Crockett, D, Hultström, M, Lipcsey, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2024