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Distribution of clinical phenotypes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused by biomass and tobacco smoke.
Archivos de bronconeumologia - 1 Aug 2014
Golpe Rafael, Sanjuán López Pilar, Cano Jiménez Esteban, Castro Añón Olalla, Pérez de Llano Luis A
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INTRODUCTION: Exposure to biomass smoke is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is unknown whether COPD caused by biomass smoke has different characteristics to COPD caused by tobacco smoke. OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical differences between these two types of the disease. METHODS: Retrospective observational study of 499 patients with a diagnosis of COPD due to biomass or tobacco...
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