Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Medbø, Astri"
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COPD in the elderly : diagnostic criteria, symptoms and smoking. Quantitative and qualitative studies of persons over sixty years of age in The Tromsø studies.
Medbø, Astri (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012-11-09)SUMMARY Smokers benefit from the enjoyment and fellowship smoking brings in the short term, yet may cause diseases and disability later in life. This thesis is about COPD, the spirometry criteria for diagnosis, the predictive value of respiratory symptoms, and smoking and its cessation. Paper 1 and 2 are quantitative, epidemiological studies, which were based on a cross sectional population ...