Sex‐specific associations between smoking habits and reaching longevity: Netherlands Cohort Study
Aim Tobacco smoking has been found to be significantly associated with a decreased chance of reaching longevity in men, but not in women. Furthermore, it is still unclear how the association of smoking status with longevity varies under the influence of underlying smoking characteristics. Therefore, we aimed to quantify the association between several smoking characteristics and the chance of reaching the age of 90 years in men and women separately. Methods We carried out a prospective cohort study among the oldest birth cohorts (1916–1917) of the Netherlands Cohort Study, who completed a base... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Geriatrics & Gerontology International ; volume 18, issue 8, page 1249-1258 ; ISSN 1444-1586 1447-0594 |
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Wiley
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Schlagwörter: | General Medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27238476 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13468 |