Open Access<p>Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exposed to Different Environmental Risk Factors: A Large Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
JiaXi Duan,
Wei Cheng,
Yuqin Zeng,
Yan Chen,
Sanjun Cai,
Xin Li,
Yingqun Zhu,
Ming Chen,
Meiling Zhou,
Liwei Ma,
Qi-mi Liu,
Ping Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s267114
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , vital capacity , tobacco smoke , cross sectional study , confounding , cohort study , passive smoking , physical therapy , environmental health , diffusing capacity , lung , pathology , lung function
Tobacco smoking, biomass smoke, and occupational exposure are the main risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The present study analyzes data on exposure to these factors in a cohort of patients with COPD and assesses their differences in demographic and clinical characteristics.