Prevalence and risk factors of COPD among never-smokers in two areas of Sweden - Occupational exposure to gas, dust or fumes is an important risk factor

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1439-1445

  Hagstad, Stig ^a,b   Backman, Helena ^b,c   Bjerg, Anders ^a,b   Ekerljung, Linda ^a   Ye, Xiong ^a,d,e   Hedman, Linnea ^b,c   Lindberg, Anne ^c   Torén, Kjell ^a   Lötvall, Jan ^a   Rönmark, Eva ^b,c   Lundbäck, Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden Studies   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY PUDONG MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

COPD; Epidemiology; Never smokers; Population study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; GAS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUME; GAS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMORBIDITY; DUST; GASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947031771     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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