Prevalence of smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease amongst teachers working in Kocaeli, Turkey

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 92-96

  Bariş, Serap A ^a   Yildiz, Füsun ^b   Başyiǧit, Ilknur ^b   Boyaci, Haşim ^b   Ilgazli, Ahmet ^b  

^a M Kazim Dinc Kandira State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

COPD; Prevalence; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TEACHER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY RESPIRATORY HEALTH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE; EX SMOKER; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NON SMOKER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79955827706     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-6-2-92     Document Type: Article

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