Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender

Joël Coste; Laurent Quinquis; Samuel D'Almeida; Etienne Audureau

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091562

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Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender

Joël Coste ,

* E-mail: joel.coste@htd.aphp.fr

Affiliations Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France, Research unit APEMAC, EA 4360, Université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Lorraine Université, Paris, France
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Laurent Quinquis,

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France
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Samuel D'Almeida,

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France
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Etienne Audureau

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France
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Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender

Joël Coste,
Laurent Quinquis,
Samuel D'Almeida,
Etienne Audureau

Published: March 17, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091562

About the Authors

Joël Coste

* E-mail: joel.coste@htd.aphp.fr

Affiliations Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France, Research unit APEMAC, EA 4360, Université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Lorraine Université, Paris, France

Laurent Quinquis

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France

Samuel D'Almeida

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France

Etienne Audureau

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC EA. Analyzed the data: LQ SDA. Wrote the paper: JC LQ EA.

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