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The natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2006
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA, and it remains one of the few diseases that continues to increase its numbers.
McConnachie, A., Man, S.F.P., Vestbo, J., Mapel, D.W., Watt, G., Hole, D., Hart, C., Gillis, C., Sin, D.D., Upton, M., Hawthorne, V., Davey Smith, G., Van Eden, S., Mannino, D.M.   +13 more
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Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) [PDF]

This collection of articles in Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) brings together scientists and practitioners from the breadth of public health and the social sciences to demonstrate how geospatial perspectives can contribute to understanding and ...

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Olfactory and gustatory manifestations in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Otorhinolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, 2020
Background: Pulmonary involvement is the main clinical and imaging feature of the novel corona virus disease (COVID-19). However, some patients present with upper airway symptoms.
Ali Safavi Naini, Mahboobeh Karimi-Galougahi, Jahangir Ghorbani, Nasim Raad, Payam Tabarsi   +4 more
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Analysis of factors influencing the frequency of primary care visits among diabetic patients in two provinces in China

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Community health services have played an important role in the prevention and control of diabetes in China. The aims of this study were to examine the frequency of visits to community clinics for diabetic care services, to assess factors ...
Jinwen Wang, Huijuan Zuo, Xiaorong Chen, Lei Hou, Jixiang Ma   +4 more
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Investigating air quality status and air pollutant trends over the Metropolitan Area of Tehran, Iran over the past decade between 2005 and 2014 [PDF]

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2018
Studies on the trend of air pollution in Tehran, Iran, as one of the most polluted metropolis in the world are scant, and today Tehran is known for its high levels of air pollutants.
Hamidreza Jamaati, Mirsaeed Attarchi, Somayeh Hassani, Elham Farid, Seyed Mohammad Seyedmehdi, Pegah Salimi Pormehr   +5 more
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Angiogenesis in Chronic Lung Disease [PDF]

Chest, 2007
Chronic lung diseases like COPD, severe progressive pulmonary hypertension (PH), and interstitial lung diseases all have a lung vascular disease component. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular remodeling have been experimentally explored in many animal models, and it is now clear that microvessels are involved. In emphysema patients,
Norbert F, Voelkel, Ivor S, Douglas, Mark, Nicolls   +2 more
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Models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2004
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health problem and is predicted to become the third most common cause of death by 2020. Apart from the important preventive steps of smoking cessation, there are no other specific treatments ...
David A Groneberg, Chung K Fan, Chung, K. Fan, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Groneberg David A, K Fan Chung   +5 more
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Sinonasal Findings on Paranasal Computed Tomography in Patients Presenting with Facial Pain

Otorhinolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, 2023
Background: Facial pain is one of the common complaints in otolaryngology. Patients often self-diagnose facial pain as "sinusitis". The sinonasal source of facial pain and headache could be one of the possible etiologies, which needs to be confirmed by ...
Nasim Raad, Jahangir Ghorbani, Mahboobeh Karimi-Galougahi, Javad Yarmohammadi   +3 more
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Role of clinical questionnaires in optimizing everyday care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [PDF]

, 2011
: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of disability in all its stages, and death in patients with moderate or severe obstruction.
van der Molen, T, Jones PW, Jones, P., van der Molen, T., Price, D, Price, David, Jones, PW, van der Molen, Thys, Jones, Paul W., Price D, van der Molen T, Price, D.   +11 more
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Clinical significance of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): potential target for prevention of airway fibrosis and lung cancer

Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2014
Unfortunately, the research effort directed into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been disproportionately weak compared to its social importance, and indeed it is the least researched of all common chronic conditions.
Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, Malik Quasir Mahmood, Eugene Haydn Walters   +2 more
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