Browsing by Author "Brito Jardim, Jose Roberto"

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    Airflow Obstruction in Never Smokers in Five Latin American Cities: The PLATINO Study
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2012) Perez Padilla, Rogelio; Fernandez, Rosario; Lopez Varela, Maria Victorina; Montes de Oca, Maria; Muino, Adriana; Talamo, Carlos; Brito Jardim, Jose Roberto; Valdivia, Gonzalo; Baptista Menezes, Ana Maria
    Background. Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is mostly related to tobacco smoking, a variable proportion of COPD occurs in never smokers. We investigated differences between COPD in never smokers compared with smokers and subjects without COPD.