The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 953-959 , November 2007

Smoking and the Risk of Psoriasis in Women: Nurses’ Health Study II

  • Arathi R. Setty, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Gary Curhan, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Hyon K. Choi, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Rheumatology Division, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Hyon K. Choi, MD, DrPH, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, 895 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z1L7, Canada.

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 This study was supported in part by grant 5 T32 AR007258-29 from the NIH and by Nurses’ Health Study II grant CA50385.

PII: S0002-9343(07)00673-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.06.020

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 953-959 , November 2007

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