Open AccessContribution of smoking change to 45-year trend in prevalence of chronic bronchitis in Finland
Author(s) -
Ville Vartiainen,
Pekka Jousilahti,
Tiina Laatikainen,
Erkki Vartiainen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1651-1905
pISSN - 1403-4948
DOI - 10.1177/14034948221104351
Subject(s) - chronic bronchitis , medicine , bronchitis , demography , logistic regression , risk factor , socioeconomic status , population , epidemiology , smoking prevalence , environmental health , sociology
Tobacco smoking has been identified as the most important risk factor of chronic bronchitis. The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of smoking to the trends in prevalence of chronic bronchitis among men and women in Finland.