Does COPD risk vary by ethnicity? A retrospective cross-sectional study

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 739-746

  Gilkes, Alexander ^a   Ashworth, Mark ^a   Schofield, Peter ^a   Harries, Timothy H ^a   Durbaba, Stevo ^a   Weston, Charlotte ^a   White, Patrick ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Ethnicity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84963648079     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S96391     Document Type: Article

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