Risk factors for lower airway bacterial colonization in chronic bronchitis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 338-342

  Monso E ^a   Rosell, A ^a   Bonet, G ^a   Manterola, J ^a   Cardona, P J ^a   Ruiz, J ^a   Morera, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Lower airway bacterial colonization; Protected specimen brush; Repeatability; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIOLOGY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033053411     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13b20.x     Document Type: Article

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