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
Language:English
Published: 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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