Gender differences in COPD: are women more susceptible to smoking effects than men?
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Gender differences in COPD: are women more susceptible to smoking effects than men?
BACKGROUND The number of female smokers developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is rapidly increasing, but whether or not there exists a differential susceptibility by gender remains controversial. METHODS How smoking behaviour and subsequent lung function reduction differed by gender was examined in a study including 954 subjects with COPD and 955 subjects without COPD. The s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.152348