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Physiological and biological characterization of smokers with and without COPD
2018-03-07
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common inflammatory airway disease predominantly associated with cigarette smoking, and its incidence is increasing worldwide. According to the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines, spirometry is used to diagnose the disease. However, owing to its complexity, spirometry alone may not account for the multitude of COPD phenotypes or the ea...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 697363d4-bae7-56a8-9dbf-87f52b60f8a6
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.11698.2