[Comment] The emerging Chinese COPD epidemic

Few people today question the global burden of chronic respiratory diseases, of which chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most prominent cause of disability-adjusted life-years.1 Tobacco smoking, poverty, and exposure to biomass fuel are the most important risk factors for COPD globally, and which are unevenly spread.2

Source: LANCET - April 9, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: J ørgen Vestbo, Alexander G Mathioudakis Tags: Comment Source Type: research