Accelerated decline in lung function in smoking women with airway obstruction: SAPALDIA 2 cohort study

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Authors

Sara H. Downs · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

O Brändli · Zürcher RehaZentrum Davos

Jean-Pierre Zellweger · University Hospital of Lausanne

Christian Schindler · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Nino Künzli · University of Southern California

Margaret W. Gerbase · University Hospital of Geneva

Luc Burdet

Abstract

There are differences in effects from smoking on lung function between men and women. Lung function recovers faster in women quitters than in men. Women current smokers with airway obstruction experience a greater smoking related decline in lung function than men.

Topics & Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Asthma and respiratory diseases Air Quality and Health Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Respiratory Research

Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 45-45

DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-45

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