Characteristics and prognosis of never-smokers and smokers with asthma in the copenhagen general population study: A prospective cohort study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-181

  Çolak, Yunus ^a,b,c   Afzal, Shoaib ^a,c   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a,c   Lange, Peter ^a,b,c,d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Pneumonia; Smoking

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PNEUMONIA; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938064754     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201502-0302OC     Document Type: Article

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