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Positive association between moderate altitude and chronic lower respiratory disease mortality in United States counties

For patients with chronic lower respiratory disease, hypobaric hypoxia at a high altitude is considered a risk factor for mortality. However, the effects of residing at moderately high altitudes remain unclear. We investigated the association between moderate altitude and chronic lower respiratory d...

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Autores principales: Hwang, Jeongeun, Jang, Miso, Kim, Namkug, Choi, Seunghyun, Oh, Yeon-Mok, Seo, Joon Beom
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/PMC6040762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29995931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200557