Prevalence and socioeconomic factors associated with smoking in people living with HIV by sex, in Recife, Brazil

• Main Authors: Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista (Author), Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque (Author), Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes (Author), Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho (Author), Heloisa Ramos Lacerda de Melo (Author), Magda Maruza (Author), Libia Vilela Moura (Author), Eduardo Jaime Seara Pinto da Costa Ferraz (Author), Laura Cunha Rodrigues (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. The prevalence of smoking is higher in people infected with HIV than in the general population. Although it is biologically plausible that smoking increases the morbidity and mortality of people living with HIV/AIDS, few s...