Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9929136 | The American Journal of Medicine | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Never smokers represent a significant proportion of airway obstruction in US adults. Only one fifth of obstruction in this group is explained by asthma. COPD may explain much of the remainder, although known risk factors were not explanatory in this dataset. Recommendations that lung health screening programs be limited to smokers should be reconsidered.
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Authors
Bartolome R. MD, R.J. MD, MPH, Robert J. PhD, Brigitte MD,