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COPD and the Risk of Tuberculosis - A Population-Based Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and tuberculosis (TB) primarily affect the lungs and are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. COPD and TB have common risk factors such as smoking, low socioeconomic status and dysregulation of host defence functions. COPD i...

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Autores principales: Inghammar, Malin, Ekbom, Anders, Engström, Gunnar, Ljungberg, Bengt, Romanus, Victoria, Löfdahl, Claes-Göran, Egesten, Arne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20405056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010138