Pulmonary changes on HRCT scans in nonsmoking females with COPD due to wood smoke exposure

Pulmonary changes on HRCT scans in nonsmoking females with COPD due to wood smoke exposure

OBJECTIVE: To identify and characterize alterations seen on HRCT scans in nonsmoking females with COPD due to wood smoke exposure. METHODS: We evaluated 42 nonsmoking females diagnosed with wood smoke-related COPD and 31 nonsmoking controls with no history of wood smoke exposure or pulmonary dise...

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Main Authors: Maria Auxiliadora Carmo Moreira, Maria Alves Barbosa, Maria Conceição de Castro Antonelli Monteiro de Queiroz, Kim Ir Sen Santos Teixeira, Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva Torres, Pedro José de Santana Júnior, Marcelo Eustáquio Montadon Júnior, José Roberto Jardim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2013-04-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Biomass
Smoke
Tomography, X-ray computed
Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive
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