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Thorax 61:104 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.la0189
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Stoves with chimneys reduce risk of COPD

  1. L Q C Siew
  1. Clinical Research Physician, King’s College London, London, UK; leonard.siew@kcl.ac.uk

    ▴ Chapman RS, He X, Blair AE, et al. Improvement in household stoves and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Xuanwei, China: retrospective cohort study. BMJ2005;331:1050–2

    The effect of the installation of stoves with chimneys on the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was investigated in 20 453 farmers living in Xuanwei County, China who were lifelong users of smoky coal. 16 606 changed from unventilated stoves to stoves with chimneys during the …

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