COPD in exclusive narghile smokers: Some points to verify
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COPD in exclusive narghile smokers: Some points to verify
Dear Editor, I read with great interest the paper of Bahtouee et al. “The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in hookah smokers.” The topic of the paper is very interesting since the social phenomenon of narghile use has developed to a worrying extent. However, five serious methodological points were noted in the above paper and should be highlighted. The first point concerns th...
متن کاملAuthors’ response to letter—COPD in exclusive narghile smokers: Some points to verify
We greatly appreciate the thoughts Dr Helmi Ben Saad has shared with us about the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in hookah smokers. We believe that there are proportional differences in the level of pulmonary function among the various races and communities. Neither Iran nor other Asian countries have established reference ranges for the level of pulmonary function in healt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chronic Respiratory Disease
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1479-9731,1479-9731
DOI: 10.1177/1479972317733863