Open AccessChronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Does gender really matter?
Author(s) -
Nitin Jain,
Mehul Thakkar,
Nitin Jain,
Kelly Rohan,
Mukesh Sharma
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.85686
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , etiology , pulmonary disease , tobacco smoke , body mass index , airway obstruction , disease , airway , cigarette smoke , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , surgery , physics , optics
Limited data is available on the clinical expression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from India. The impact of gender on expression of COPD has received even less attention. Apart from tobacco smoke, indoor air pollution, especially from biomass fuel may play an important role in development of COPD in women.