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

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70137-1

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.

Original language	English
Journal	The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Volume	1
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	543-50
Number of pages	8
ISSN	2213-2600
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70137-1
Publication status	Published - Sep 2013

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