Smoking and asthma in adults

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Smoking and asthma in adults. / Piipari, R; Jaakkola, Jouni; Jaakkola, N; Jaakkola, Maritta.

In: The European respiratory journal, Vol. 24, 01.01.2004, p. 734-739.

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Piipari, R, Jaakkola, J, Jaakkola, N & Jaakkola, M 2004, 'Smoking and asthma in adults', The European respiratory journal, vol. 24, pp. 734-739. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.04.00116903

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Piipari, R., Jaakkola, J., Jaakkola, N., & Jaakkola, M. (2004). Smoking and asthma in adults. The European respiratory journal, 24, 734-739. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.04.00116903

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Piipari R, Jaakkola J, Jaakkola N, Jaakkola M. Smoking and asthma in adults. The European respiratory journal. 2004 Jan 1;24:734-739. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.04.00116903

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Piipari, R ; Jaakkola, Jouni ; Jaakkola, N ; Jaakkola, Maritta. / Smoking and asthma in adults. In: The European respiratory journal. 2004 ; Vol. 24. pp. 734-739.

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abstract = "Studies on the effect of smoking on adulthood asthma have provided contradictory results. The current authors conducted a population-based incident case-control study to assess the effects of current and past smoking on the development of asthma in adults. During a 2.5 yr study period, all new asthma cases clinically diagnosed (n=521) and randomly selected controls (n=932) from a geographically defined district in southern Finland were recruited. The risk of developing asthma was significantly higher among current smokers with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.33 (95% confidence interval 1.00-1.77) and among ex-smokers with an adjusted OR 1.49 (1.12-1.97) compared with never-smokers. Among current smokers, the risk increased up to 14 cigarettes x day(-1), and a similar trend was observed in relation to cumulative smoking. In conclusion, the current results support the hypothesis that smoking causes asthma in adulthood.",
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