Smoking and health-related quality of life in the general population. Independent relationships and large differences according to patterns and quantity of smoking and to gender.

BACKGROUND: Relationships between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the general population remain unclear. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the independent associations between smoking patterns and HRQoL and to identify any threshold or non-linear tendencies in these associations. METHODS...

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Main Authors: Joël Coste, Laurent Quinquis, Samuel D'Almeida, Etienne Audureau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3956698?pdf=render