Rapid Lung Function Decline in Smokers Is a Risk Factor for COPD and Is Attenuated by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Use

OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD in the United States. Host factors that influence the rapid rate of FEV(1) decline in smokers and how decline rate influences risk for developing COPD are unknown. The aim of this study was to characterize the rate of FEV(1) dec...

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Autori principali: Petersen, Hans, Sood, Akshay, Meek, Paula M., Shen, Xian, Cheng, Yan, Belinsky, Steven A., Owen, Caroline A., Washko, George, Pinto-Plata, Victor, Kelly, Emer, Celli, Bartolome, Tesfaigzi, Yohannes
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American College of Chest Physicians 2014
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971967/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24008986
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-0799
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