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New Mexican Hispanic smokers have lower odds of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and less decline in lung function than non-Hispanic whites.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Dec 2011
Bruse Shannon, Sood Akshay, Petersen Hans, Liu Yushi, Leng Shuguang, Celedón Juan C, Gilliland Frank, Celli Bartolomé, Belinsky Steven A, Tesfaigzi Yohannes
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RATIONALE: The epidemiology of cigarette smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not well characterized in Hispanics in the United States. Understanding how ethnicity influences COPD is important for a number of reasons, from informing public health policies to dissecting the genetic and environmental effects that contribute to disease. OBJECTIVES: The present study assessed differences in...
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