Executive summary Despite substantial progress in reducing the global impact of many non-
communicable diseases, including heart disease and cancer, morbidity and mortality due to …

Although air pollution is well known to be harmful to the lung and airways, it can also
damage most other organ systems of the body. It is estimated that about 500,000 lung …

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that household air pollution (HAP)
accounts for an estimated 4.3 million premature deaths annually and 110 million disability …

ABSTRACT Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects 12–16 million people in
the United States and is the third-leading cause of death. In developed countries, smoking is …

Objective To map and assess prognostic models for outcome prediction in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design Systematic review. Data sources …

The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to grow in
part due to better outcomes in other major diseases and in part because a substantial …

SETTING: Household air pollution (HAP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are both major public health problems, reported to cause around 4 million and 3 …

The chronic bronchitis phenotype in chronic obstructive pulm... : Current Opinion in Pulmonary
Medicine The chronic bronchitis phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: features …

The PLATINO and PREPOCOL population-based studies documented the prevalence of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in several Latin American (Mexico City, Sao …

Background and objective Chronic exposure to biomass smoke (BS) can significantly
compromise pulmonary function and lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …