Gender differences in first and secondhand smoke exposure, spirometric lung function and cardiometabolic health in the old order Amish: A novel population without female smoking

Robert M. Reed; Mark T. Dransfield; Michael Eberlein; Michael Miller; Giora Netzer; Mary Pavlovich; Toni I. Pollin; Steven M. Scharf; Alan R. Shuldiner; Don Sin; Braxton D. Mitchell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174354

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Gender differences in first and secondhand smoke exposure, spirometric lung function and cardiometabolic health in the old order Amish: A novel population without female smoking

Robert M. Reed ,

* E-mail: rreed@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Mark T. Dransfield,

Affiliation University of Alabama School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Michael Eberlein,

Affiliation University of Iowa School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Michael Miller,

Affiliations University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Baltimore Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Giora Netzer,

Affiliations University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Mary Pavlovich,

Affiliations University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Toni I. Pollin,

Affiliations University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Steven M. Scharf,

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Alan R. Shuldiner,

Affiliations University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Baltimore Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Don Sin,

Affiliation University of British Columbia Respiratory Medicine; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Braxton D. Mitchell

Affiliations University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Baltimore Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Gender differences in first and secondhand smoke exposure, spirometric lung function and cardiometabolic health in the old order Amish: A novel population without female smoking

Robert M. Reed,
Mark T. Dransfield,
Michael Eberlein,
Michael Miller,
Giora Netzer,
Mary Pavlovich,
Toni I. Pollin,
Steven M. Scharf,
Alan R. Shuldiner,
Don Sin

Published: March 31, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174354

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