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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Huang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549659 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20190527
COPD, characterized by long-term poorly irreversible airway limitation and persistent respiratory symptoms, has resulted in enormous challenges to human health worldwide, with increasing rates of prevalence, death, and disability. Although its origin was thought to be in the interactions of genetic with environmental factors, the effects of environmental factors on the disease during different life stages remain little known. Without clear mechanisms and radical cure for it, early screening and ...[more]