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The prevalence and risk factors of respiratory symptoms in Finland: a comparative analysis [PDF]

European Clinical Respiratory Journal
Background Knowledge about the local prevalence and risk factors of respiratory symptoms helps to address healthcare resources. Furthermore, no studies have compared the prevalence and risk factors of several respiratory symptoms within the same ...
Heikki V. T. Pautola, Heikki O. Koskela, Minna K. Purokivi, Johanna T. Kaulamo, Anne M. Lätti   +4 more
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Prevalence of Chronic Bronchitis and Respiratory Health Profile of a Population Exposed to Wood Smoke in Nicaragua [PDF]

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2020
Background. Household air pollution (HAP) is one of the most important environmental risk factors worldwide associated with chronic respiratory diseases. Objectives.
Annika Maas, Henning Kothe, Ivette Pilarte Centeno, Mauricio José Gutiérrez Leiva, Klaus Dalhoff   +4 more
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Blood Adipokines/Cytokines in Young People with Chronic Bronchitis and Abdominal Obesity

Biomolecules, 2022
The pathogenesis of the development of chronic lung diseases assumes the participation of systemic inflammation factors, as well as hormone-like substances produced by adipose tissue.
Alena Dmitrievna Khudiakova, Yana Vladimirovna Polonskaya, Victoria Sergeevna Shramko, Lilia Valeryevna Shcherbakova, Evgeniia Vitalievna Striukova, Elena Vladimirovna Kashtanova, Yulia Igorevna Ragino   +6 more
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A Polysomnography Study of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Relation to Chronic Bronchitis [PDF]

Sleep Medicine Research, 2010
Background and Objective Reportedly, snoring is associated with chronic bronchitis. This association warrants further studies including polysomnographic evaluations because of few epidemiologic studies on the association.
Inkyung Baik, Jehyeong Kim, Kihwan Jung, Dae Wui Yoon, Jinyoung Kim, Sejoong Kim, Sungyong Lee, Jaejeong Shim, Kwangho In, Kyungho Kang, Sehwa Yoo, Seung Hoon Lee, Chol Shin   +12 more
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Prevalence of Chronic Bronchitis in the Northwest of Iran: Results of the Pilot Phase of the Azar Cohort Study [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiologic Research, 2018
Background and aims: Although chronic bronchitis is markedly under-diagnosed in the general population, it has a significant impact on the health status and the well-being of patients as well as healthcare resource consumption.
Delara Laghousi, Mahasti Alizadeh, Nayyereh Aminisani, Javid Sadeghi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi   +4 more
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Prevalence and predictors of asthma, tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis among male tannery workers: A study of Kanpur City, India

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021
Background: In India, it was reported previously about varying prevalence of asthma and chronic bronchitis among leather tannery workers with moderate to high exposures at the workplace to be significantly associated with asthma.
Gyan Chandra Kashyap, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Shri Kant Singh   +2 more
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Chronic bronchitis in West Sweden – a matter of smoking and social class

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2016
Background: Although chronic bronchitis is associated with impaired quality of life, hospitalisations and increased mortality, it has been less in focus after the introduction of the term chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Malin Axelsson, Linda Ekerljung, Jonas Eriksson, Stig Hagstad, Eva Rönmark, Jan Lötvall, Bo Lundbäck   +6 more
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Phenotype and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in general population in China: a nationally cross-sectional study

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2021
This study aims to investigate the characteristics of the phenotype and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in the general population in China.
Heling Bao, Guohua Jia, Shu Cong, Wanlu Sun, Jing Fan, Ning Wang, Yajing Feng, Baohua Wang, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Linhong Wang, Liwen Fang, Yahong Chen   +11 more
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Second-hand smoke and chronic bronchitis in Taiwanese women: a health-care based study

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Cigarette smoking cannot fully explain the epidemiologic characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in women, particularly for those who rarely smoke, but COPD risk is not less than men.
Lee Chung-Ying, Huang Chia-Tsuan, Hwang Jhi-Jhu, Lee Chien-Hung, Wu Kuen-Yuh, Chong Inn-Wen, Feng Nan-Hsiung, Wu Chia-Fang, Chou Shao-Ting, Christiani David C, Wu Ming-Tsang   +10 more
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Exposure to cooking oil fumes and chronic bronchitis in nonsmoking women aged 40 years and over: a health-care based study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Little is known about the effect of exposure to cooking oil fumes (COFs) on the development of non-malignant respiratory diseases in nonsmoking women.
Huang-Chi Chen, Chia-Fang Wu, Inn-Wen Chong, Ming-Tsang Wu   +3 more
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