COPD in nonsmokers: the biomass hypothesis--to be or not to be?

Eur Respir J. 2014 Jul;44(1):8-10. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00029114.

Authors

Louisa Gnatiuc¹, Gaetano Caramori²

Affiliations

¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Dept of Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Sezione di Medicina Interna e Cardiorespiratoria, Centro Interdipartimentale per lo Studio delle Malattie Infiammatorie delle Vie Aeree e Patologie Fumo-Correlate (CEMICEF), Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy gaetano.caramori@unife.it.

PMID: 24982047
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00029114

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MeSH terms

Asthma / diagnosis*
Asthma / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*