Physics

Internal medicine

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Intensity (physics)

Meta-analysis

Demography

Lung

Lung function

Quantum mechanics

Pooled analysis

Medicine

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Former smokers and low-intensity current smokers have accelerated lung function decline compared with never-smokers. These results suggest that all levels of smoking exposure are likely to be associated with lasting and progressive lung damage.

Lung function decline in former smokers and low-intensity current smokers: a secondary data analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study