Smoking strongly predicts disability retirement due to COPD: the Finnish Twin Cohort Study

Koskenvuo K., Broms U., Korhonen T., Laitinen L.A., Huunan-Seppälä A., Keistinen T., Autti-Rämö I., Kaprio J., Koskenvuo M.

Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 26-31
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Airway diseases

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