Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Stroke and its Subtypes Among Middle-Aged Japanese Men and Women

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Authors

Toshifumi Mannami · Ehime University

Hiroyasu Iso · Ehime University

Shunroku Baba · Ehime University

Satoshi Sasaki · Kagawa University

Katsutoshi Okada · National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Masamitsu Konishi · Hanwa Memorial Hospital

Shoichiro Tsugane ·

Abstract

Smoking raises risks of total stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage for both men and women and risk of ischemic stroke, either lacunar or large-artery occlusive infarction, for men.

Topics & Keywords

Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke

Volume 35, Issue 6, pp. 1248-1253

DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000128794.30660.e8

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