Looking beyond the cigarette in COPD

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-334

  Mannino, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 39449099610     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2485     Document Type: Editorial

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