Association of low income with pulmonary disease progression in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Association of low income with pulmonary disease progression in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Low socioeconomic status has been associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but little is known about its impact on disease progression. We assessed the association of income to symptoms, pulmonary disease severity and progression in smokers with and without COPD. The COPDGene coh...

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Main Authors: Katherine E. Lowe, Barry J. Make, James D. Crapo, Gregory L. Kinney, John E. Hokanson, Victor Kim, Anand S. Iyer, Surya P. Bhatt, Karin F. Hoth, Kristen E. Holm, Robert Wise, Dawn DeMeo, Marilyn G. Foreman, Thomas J. Stone, Elizabeth A. Regan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2018-11-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/4/00069-2018.full

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