Gender differences in first and secondhand smoke exposure, spirometric lung function and cardiometabolic health in the old order Amish: A novel population without female smoking.

Due to their relatively homogeneous lifestyle and living environment, the Amish offer a novel opportunity to study the health associations of tobacco smoke exposure, particularly secondhand smoke. We hypothesized that secondhand smoke exposure is associated with worse pulmonary and cardiometabolic h...

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Main Authors: Robert M Reed, Mark T Dransfield, Michael Eberlein, Michael Miller, Giora Netzer, Mary Pavlovich, Toni I Pollin, Steven M Scharf, Alan R Shuldiner, Don Sin, Braxton D Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5375129?pdf=render