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pack-years

Medtalk A crude indicator of a person's cumulative cigarette consumption, equal to the number of packs of cigarettes smoked/day, multiplied by yrs of consumption. See Smoking, Tobacco.

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Pack Years			However, the investigators found no dose-response relationship between the number of pack-years of smoking and cognitive decline. Smoking associated with cognitive decline in middle age by Moon, Mary Ann / Clinical Psychiatry News quot; Two thirds of patients with lung disease and less than one quarter without lung disease had a history of smoking, and the mean number of pack-years smoked was significantly higher in the lung disease group. Doctor? I Have Rheumatoid Arthritis and I?m Short of Breath. What?s ... by Nathan Wei / Health care industry community After the researchers controlled for age, sex, race, education, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, body mass index, and diabetes mellitus, early AMD was associated with cancer mortality. Link between AMD and cancer mortality by Nutrition Health Review			pachysomia Pachystigma pachytene pachyvaginalitis pachyvaginitis pacifarin Pacifastacus leniusculus Pacific Coast tick Pacific cupped oyster Pacific harbor porpoise Pacific labrador tea pacific pond turtle pacifier pacing pacing catheter pacing mode pacing wire Pacini Pacini's corpuscles pacinian corpuscle pacinitis Pacitran pack Pack Rat Pack Years pack-years package insert packalacca packed cell volume packed cells packed red blood cells packed red cells packed-cell volume packer packet knot packing packing plant paclitaxel PaCO 2 PaCO2 PACS PACT pad pad arm PAD syndrome pad, Passavant's pad, retromolar pad, rubber dam pad-saddle Padda oryzivora Padded Dash Syndrome			pack rolling Pack saddle pack set pack shot pack shots pack someone or something in Pack staff pack tent pack them in pack tightly pack together pack together pack together pack train pack unit pack up pack up pack up pack up pack up Pack Up and Flip Off Pack Up File Pack Up Items pack wall Pack Years Pack, Robert Pack-Animal Transport Pack-horse Pack-horse Pack-Up Kit pack-years packability packability packability packability packability packable packable packable packable packable package package package package package Package & Postage Package (computing) Package (computing) Package Alteration Package and Deployment Wizard Package Bar Code Sorter Package Bar Coding System package bargaining Package Body File package bomb Package Change Required Package Command Manager Package Command Manager Service Package Coordinator Package deal

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