COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
The World Health Organization considers cigarette smoke as a major risk factor and causal agent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, smoke from biomass in poorly ventilated environments may be the major causative agent in developing countries. There is little epidemiological evi...
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| Main Authors: | Moreno,Angel, Espinoza-Navarro,Omar |
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
2013
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022013000200044 |
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