Are we ready to say that sex and race are key risk factors for COPD?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-390

  Garcia Aymerich, Judith ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MATERNAL SMOKING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80051825448     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201106-0997ED     Document Type: Editorial

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