Article
Risk factors for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The Medical clinics of North America - 1 May 1996
Silverman E K, Speizer F E
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette smoking clearly has been shown to be the major environmental risk factor predisposing to the development of COPD. Occupational exposures to dust and fumes, air pollution, passive smoke exposure, childhood respiratory infections, and diet may also contribute. Airway hyperresponsiveness i...
Topics
- Air Pollution
- Bronchial Hyperreactivity
- Dust
- Humans
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Occupational Exposure
- Phenotype
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Risk Factors
- Smoking
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency