Variations in the prevalence across countries of chronic bronchitis and smoking habits in young adults
Open Access
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 18 (1), 85-92
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.01.00087101
Abstract
The present work aims to assess the international variation in the prevalence of chronic bronchitis and its main risk factor, smoking habits, in young adults of 35 centres from 16 countries.Keywords
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