Non-reversible airway obstruction in never smokers: Results from the Austrian BOLD study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1833-1838

  Lamprecht, B ^a   Schirnhofer, L ^a   Kaiser, B ^a   Buist, S ^b   Studnicka, M ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease Study; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Health related quality of life; Never smoker; Non reversible airway obstruction; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 55649107705     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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