Meta-analysis approach to study the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among current, former and non-smokers

Comparative risk assessment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among current, former and non-smokers categories remains controversial and not studied in detail. We conducted a meta-analysis to summarize all the relevant published studies on this topic and to update the association betw...

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Main Authors: Ritul Kamal, Anup Kumar Srivastava, Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Toxicology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750015300330