Smoking habits and incidence of cardiovascular diseases in men and women: findings of a 12 year follow up among an urban Eastern-Mediterranean population

• Main Authors: Parisa Amiri (Author), Kamyar Mohammadzadeh-Naziri (Author), Behnood Abbasi (Author), Leila Cheraghi (Author), Sara Jalali-Farahani (Author), Amir Abbas Momenan (Author), Atieh Amouzegar (Author), Farzad Hadaegh (Author), Fereidoun Azizi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the strong association of smoking with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cerebral stroke, the consequences of smoking have not been elucidated among Iranian populations. This study aimed to assess sex-specific incidence of CVDs among an urban Iranian population with differ...