Browsing School of Environment & Life Sciences by Subject "south Asia"

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Effects of bidi smoking on all-cause mortality and cardiorespiratory outcomes in men from south Asia: an observational community-based substudy of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (PURE)

Duong, MyLinh; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Zhang, Xiaohe; Rahman, Omar; Yusuf, Rita (The Lancet, Global Health, 2017-02-01)

Summary Background Bidis are minimally regulated, inexpensive, hand-rolled tobacco products smoked in south Asia. We examined the effects of bidi smoking on baseline respiratory impairment, and prospectively collected ...