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Paediatric lung disease
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Majority of never-smokers with airflow limitation do not have asthma: the Copenhagen General Population Study

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  • Yunus Çolak Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Respiratory Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Department of Public Health, Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shoaib Afzal The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Børge G Nordestgaard The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter Lange Department of Public Health, Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Medical Unit, Respiratory Section, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Peter Lange, Professor and Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Department of Public Health, Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, PO Box 2099, Copenhagen K DK-1015, Denmark; Peter.Lange{at}sund.ku.dk
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Çolak Y, Afzal S, Nordestgaard BG, et al
Majority of never-smokers with airflow limitation do not have asthma: the Copenhagen General Population Study
Thorax 2016;71:614-623.

Publication history

  • Received December 10, 2015
  • Revised February 8, 2016
  • Accepted February 23, 2016
  • First published March 25, 2016.
Online issue publication 
June 14, 2016

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