Smoking, asthma, chronic airflow obstruction and COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 586-588

  Sears, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

AGE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; MALE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 84923872604     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00231414     Document Type: Editorial

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