Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Does gender really matter

Lung India

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-262

  Jain, N K ^a   Thakkar, M S ^a   Jain, N ^a   Rohan, K A ^a   Sharma, M ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; gender; indoor pollution; smoking

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054995064     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.85686     Document Type: Article

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