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: H. Kupiainen, V. L. Kinnula, A. Lindqvist, D. S. Postma, H. M. Boezen, T. Laitinen, M. Kilpeläinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/725024
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