Lung and Heart Diseases Are Better Predicted by Pack-Years than by Smoking Status or Duration of Smoking Cessation in HIV Patients

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the relationship of pack-years smoking and time since smoking cessation with risk of lung and heart disease. METHODS: We investigated the history of lung and heart disease in 903 HIV-infected patients who had undergone thoracic computed tomograph...

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Autores principales: Guaraldi, Giovanni, Raggi, Paolo, Gomes, André, Zona, Stefano, Marchi, Enrico, Santoro, Antonella, Besutti, Giulia, Scaglioni, Riccardo, Ligabue, Guido, Leipsic, Jonathon, Man, Paul, Sin, Don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26650682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143700

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