Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
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Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi · Sep 2006
[An 18-year follow-up study on the risk factors of deaths regarding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Xi'an, China].
To examine risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) deaths in Chinese military elderly men. ⋯ COPD was the second cause among all deaths in this cohort. Age, number of smoking cigarettes per day and existing COPD were the risk factors of COPD deaths which called for further survey to examine the relationship between quitting smoking and COPD deaths in this cohort.