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Nutritional deficits in elderly smokers with respiratory symptoms that do not fulfill the criteria for COPD

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Whereas nutrition deficits are recognized as an expression of systemic inflammation in the elderly with diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), if they occur in symptomatic elderly smokers, unfulfilled COPD criteria are not confirmed. METHODS: Respiratory fu...

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Autores principales: Obase, Yasushi, Mouri, Keiji, Shimizu, Hiroki, Ohue, Yoshihiro, Kobashi, Yoshihiro, Kawahara, Kazue, Oka, Mikio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22259244
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S25293