Successful Smoking Cessation in COPD: Association with Comorbidities and Mortality

Successful Smoking Cessation in COPD: Association with Comorbidities and Mortality

Smoking cessation is the cornerstone of COPD management, but difficult to achieve in clinical practice. The effect of comorbidities on smoking cessation and risk factors for mortality were studied in a cohort of 739 COPD patients recruited in two Finnish University Hospitals. The diagnosis of COPD w...

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Main Authors: Kupiainen, H., Kinnula, V. L., Lindqvist, A., Postma, D. S., Boezen, H. M., Laitinen, T., Kilpeläinen, M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504458/

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