Female vulnerability to the effects of smoking on health outcomes in older people.

Cigarette smoking is among the leading risk factors for mortality and morbidity. While men have a higher smoking prevalence, mechanistic experiments suggest that women are at higher risk for health problems due to smoking. Moreover, the comparison of smoking effects on multiple conditions and mortal...

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Main Authors: Amin Haghani, Thalida Em Arpawong, Jung Ki Kim, Juan Pablo Lewinger, Caleb E Finch, Eileen Crimmins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234015