High prevalence of emphysema and its association with BMI: a study of smokers with normal spirometry.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate to what extent emphysema was evident, as identified by High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT), in smokers with normal lung function and to relate age, gender, smoking history, and body mass index (BMI) to the HRCT results. A secondary aim was to study to what extent emphy...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 241 - 248 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2008
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