This work was supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2017YFC1309401).
Objective To determine the impact of smoking on disease-specific health care utilization and medical costs in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases(NCDs).Methods Participants were middle-aged and elderly adu...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41121004,21190051,41421064 and 81571130100);the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB553401)。
Susceptibility of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)to cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction asso-ciated with exposure to metals in ambient fine particles(PM2.5,particulate matter with aerodynami...
This work was supported by the grants from Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81270106), Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2012BA[05B00) and Ministry of Public Health (No. 201002008).
Background:It has been demonstrated that only 10%-20% cigarette smokers finally suffer chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The underlying mechanism of development remains uncertain so far.Nitric oxide (NO...
Background Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is always associated with a high incidence and mortality. Because of the presence of some concomitant risk factors such as immobilization...