Skip to main content
PMC home page
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal logoLink to CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
. 1998 Aug 25;159(4):346–349.

Lessons in women's health: body image and pulmonary disease

A Day 1
PMCID: PMC1229595  PMID: 9732714

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (246.0 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Abenhaim L., Moride Y., Brenot F., Rich S., Benichou J., Kurz X., Higenbottam T., Oakley C., Wouters E., Aubier M. Appetite-suppressant drugs and the risk of primary pulmonary hypertension. International Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1996 Aug 29;335(9):609–616. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199608293350901. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Baldini E. H., Strauss G. M. Women and lung cancer: waiting to exhale. Chest. 1997 Oct;112(4 Suppl):229S–234S. doi: 10.1378/chest.112.4_supplement.229s. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Colditz G. A., Manson J. E., Hankinson S. E. The Nurses' Health Study: 20-year contribution to the understanding of health among women. J Womens Health. 1997 Feb;6(1):49–62. doi: 10.1089/jwh.1997.6.49. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Connolly H. M., Crary J. L., McGoon M. D., Hensrud D. D., Edwards B. S., Edwards W. D., Schaff H. V. Valvular heart disease associated with fenfluramine-phentermine. N Engl J Med. 1997 Aug 28;337(9):581–588. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199708283370901. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Gold D. R., Wang X., Wypij D., Speizer F. E., Ware J. H., Dockery D. W. Effects of cigarette smoking on lung function in adolescent boys and girls. N Engl J Med. 1996 Sep 26;335(13):931–937. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199609263351304. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Kanner R. E., Connett J. E., Altose M. D., Buist A. S., Lee W. W., Tashkin D. P., Wise R. A. Gender difference in airway hyperresponsiveness in smokers with mild COPD. The Lung Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Oct;150(4):956–961. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.150.4.7921469. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Kawachi I., Troisi R. J., Rotnitzky A. G., Coakley E. H., Colditz G. A. Can physical activity minimize weight gain in women after smoking cessation? Am J Public Health. 1996 Jul;86(7):999–1004. doi: 10.2105/ajph.86.7.999. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Manson J. E., Faich G. A. Pharmacotherapy for obesity -- do the benefits outweigh the risks? N Engl J Med. 1996 Aug 29;335(9):659–660. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199608293350910. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Miyamoto K., Aida A., Nishimura M., Aiba M., Kira S., Kawakami Y. Gender effect on prognosis of patients receiving long-term home oxygen therapy. The Respiratory Failure Research Group in Japan. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Sep;152(3):972–976. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.3.7663812. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Redline S., Kump K., Tishler P. V., Browner I., Ferrette V. Gender differences in sleep disordered breathing in a community-based sample. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Mar;149(3 Pt 1):722–726. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.149.3.8118642. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Richman R. M., Elliott L. M., Burns C. M., Bearpark H. M., Steinbeck K. S., Caterson I. D. The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in an obese female population. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1994 Mar;18(3):173–177. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Risch H. A., Howe G. R., Jain M., Burch J. D., Holowaty E. J., Miller A. B. Lung cancer risk for female smokers. Science. 1994 Mar 4;263(5151):1206–1208. doi: 10.1126/science.8122096. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Rubin L. J. Primary pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med. 1997 Jan 9;336(2):111–117. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199701093360207. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Sloan E. P., Shapiro C. M. Obstructive sleep apnea in a consecutive series of obese women. Int J Eat Disord. 1995 Mar;17(2):167–173. doi: 10.1002/1098-108x(199503)17:2<167::aid-eat2260170210>3.0.co;2-a. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Voelkel N. F., Clarke W. R., Higenbottam T. Obesity, dexfenfluramine, and pulmonary hypertension. A lesson not learned? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1997 Mar;155(3):786–788. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9117009. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Ward K. D., Klesges R. C., Zbikowski S. M., Bliss R. E., Garvey A. J. Gender differences in the outcome of an unaided smoking cessation attempt. Addict Behav. 1997 Jul-Aug;22(4):521–533. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4603(96)00063-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Warner K. E. Cigarette advertising and media coverage of smoking and health. N Engl J Med. 1985 Feb 7;312(6):384–388. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198502073120627. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Wenger N. K., Speroff L., Packard B. Cardiovascular health and disease in women. N Engl J Med. 1993 Jul 22;329(4):247–256. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199307223290406. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Wise R. A. Changing smoking patterns and mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Prev Med. 1997 Jul-Aug;26(4):418–421. doi: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0181. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Young T., Hutton R., Finn L., Badr S., Palta M. The gender bias in sleep apnea diagnosis. Are women missed because they have different symptoms? Arch Intern Med. 1996 Nov 25;156(21):2445–2451. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal are provided here courtesy of Canadian Medical Association

RESOURCES