Is there an association between impaired pulmonary function and mortality in never smokers?
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: I read with great interest the article by Mannino et al 1 on the association between impaired pulmonary function and mortality, and wish to comment on two statements in the paper.
Firstly, the authors report that “an interesting finding in (their) analysis was that, in never smokers, moderate or severe COPD did not have a significantly increased mortality risk”. In never smokers …
Source: PubMed Central
Author: H Schünemann
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2149964796