Female smokers beyond the perimenopausal period are at increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Recent reports indicate that over the next decade rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in women will exceed those in men in the western world, though in most jurisdictions, women continue to smoke less compared with men. Whether female adult smokers are biologically more...

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Autores principales: Gan, Wen Qi, Man, SF Paul, Postma, Dirkje S, Camp, Patricia, Sin, Don D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-7-52

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