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Meneghini,A.C.; Koenigkam-Santos,M.; Pereira,M.C.; Tonidandel,P.R.; Terra-Filho,J.; Cunha,F.Q.; Menezes,M.B. de; Vianna,E.O.. |
Special attention has emerged towards biomass smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), providing new knowledge for prevention and therapeutic approach of non-smoker COPD patients. However, the understanding of biomass smoke COPD is still limited and somewhat controversial. The aim of the present study was to compare COPD exclusively caused by tobacco smoking with COPD exclusively caused by environmental or occupational exposures. For this cross-sectional study, COPD patients were recruited from outpatient clinics and formed two groups: non-smoker COPD group (n=16) with exposure to biomass smoke who did not smoke cigarette and tobacco smoker COPD group (n=15) with people who did not report biomass smoke exposure. Subjects underwent... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Biomass; Tobacco. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2019000500601 |
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