Tobacco and myocardial infarction in middle‐aged women: a study of factors modifying the risk

Background.  Although myocardial infarction (MI) is strongly related to smoking, few have studied why some smokers are more vulnerable than others. This study explored how the risk of MI in current and former smokers is modified by other cardiovascular risk factors.

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