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Are There Benefits For Having Black Lung Disease?
- Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Symptoms
- Diseases with Similar Symptoms
- Complications
- Risk Factors
Highlights
Causes
- Although smoking tobacco has been established as a major risk for COPD, an estimated 25% to 45% of COPD patients in developing countries have never smoked. Exposure to smoke from wood, plants, and other biomass fires might actually pose the biggest risk for COPD in developing countries. Exposure to secondhand smoke is another major risk factor.
- People who smoke both tobacco and marijuana face three times the risk of developing COPD compared to nonsmokers, although smoking...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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