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Title Smoking , respiratory disease and health service utilisation : Theparadox
Objectives: We compared need for and utilisation of health services among young, healthy smokers who did not want to quit (“the non-motivated”), and “motivated smokers”, relative to never-smokers. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 9,915 Hong Kong Police officers. We assessed smoking status, differentiating non-motivated from motivated smokers. Need was measured as number of respirato...
متن کامل[Household smoking and respiratory disease in under-five children].
Environmental tobacco smoke is an important respiratory tract irritant in young children. To identify factors associated with respiratory disease and determine the main source of smoking exposure in the household, a cross-sectional study of 2,037 children who were immunized in primary health care clinics was conducted (in a sample of 10 out of 38 clinics with 200 children each). Parents answere...
متن کاملPASSIVE SMOKING AND THE RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AMONG MARRIED NON-SMOKING WOMEN
Several epidemiological studies have reported that passive smoking (PS) is a public health hazard and perhaps increases the risk of heart disease. This study evaluated the relationship between female coronary heart disease and PS among married women who described themselves as non-smokers in an area of south-east Iran. Using household exposure to tobacco smoke as an estimate of PS, a hospi...
متن کاملBK Polyomavirus in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Respiratory Disease
Background and Aims: The role of BK and JC polyomaviruses (BKV and JCV) in the causation of respiratory disease and the natural route of transmission has not well been established. The aim of study was to determine the prevalence of BK and JC viruses in 280 respiratory samples and evaluate their contribution to respiratory disease. Materials and Methods: PCR was used to screen specimens for BK...
متن کاملRespiratory disease in non-smoking Western Australian goldminers.
Respiratory symptoms, spirometry, and transfer factor were measured in 208 non-smoking Western Australian underground goldminers (mean age 32) to identify the presence of respiratory abnormalities resulting from underground work. These subjects were part of a larger group of 771 subjects attending for statutory periodic chest x ray examinations in the industry. They had worked underground for a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0002-9572
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.54.11.1856