Open AccessVariability in proteinase-antiproteinase balance, nutritional status, and quality of life in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to tobacco and nontobacco etiology
Author(s) -
Anant Mohan,
M.P. Sharma,
Arvind Uniyal,
Rajlaxmi Borah,
Kalpana Luthra,
Ravindra Mohan Pandey,
Karan Madan,
Vijay Hadda,
Randeep Guleria
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.192859
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , etiology , intensive care medicine , disease , balance (ability) , physical therapy
Although the role of proteinase/antiproteinase imbalance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to tobacco is well established, information in COPD due to nontobacco etiology is sparse.