Help smokers quit: Tell them their "lung age"

dc.contributor.author	Deane, Kristen	eng
dc.contributor.author	Stevermer, James J.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Hickner, John	eng
dc.contributor.other	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.date.issued	2008	eng
dc.description.abstract	Perform spirometry on patients who smoke -- even if they're asymptomatic -- and show them their lung age that is, the average age of a nonsmoker with a forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) equal to theirs. Doing so can help patients kick the habit. Stength of recommendation: B: Based on a single well-done randomized controlled trial (RCT).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5422
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2008)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 57, no. 09 (September 2008): 584-586.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Spirometry	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Smoking -- Adverse effects	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Smoking -- Physiological aspects	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Smoking Cessation	eng
dc.subject.other	Spirometry	eng
dc.subject.other	Smoking	eng
dc.subject.other	Quit smoking	eng
dc.title	Help smokers quit: Tell them their "lung age"	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

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