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Proportion and clinical characteristics of non-asthmatic non-smokers among adults with airflow obstruction

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mainly develops after long-term exposure to cigarette or biomass fuel smoke, but also occurs in non-smokers with or without a history of asthma. We investigated the proportion and clinical characteristics of non-smokers among mi...

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Autores principales: Takiguchi, Hiroto, Takeuchi, Tomoe, Niimi, Kyoko, Tomomatsu, Hiromi, Tomomatsu, Katsuyoshi, Hayama, Naoki, Oguma, Tsuyoshi, Aoki, Takuya, Urano, Tetsuya, Asai, Satomi, Miyachi, Hayato, Asano, Koichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5942827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29742176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196132