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FEV <sub>1</sub> Decline in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Associated with Biomass Exposure

DOI

105

Citations

19

References

2014

Year

Alejandra Ramírez‐Venegas, Raúl H Sansores, Roger Quintana-Carrillo, Mónica Velázquez-Uncal, Rafael de Jesús Hernández-Zenteno, Candelaria Sánchez-Romero, Alejandra Velázquez-Montero, Fernando Flores-Trujillo
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

In the biomass exposure COPD group the rate of FEV1 decline is slower and shows a more homogeneous rate of decline over time in comparison with smokers. The rapid rate of FEV1 decline is a rare feature of biomass-induced airflow limitation.

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