Characteristics and outcomes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in never smokers in Denmark: a prospective population study

Mette Thomsen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Jørgen Vestbo, Peter Lange

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Abstract

A substantial proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have never smoked. We tested the hypothesis that, in individuals with COPD, never smokers have different characteristics and less severe outcomes of the disease than smokers do.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Vol/bind1
Udgave nummer7
Sider (fra-til)543-50
Antal sider8
ISSN2213-2600
DOI
StatusUdgivet - sep. 2013

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