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1. Introduction
2. COPD mortality in USA
3. COPD mortality across the globe
4. Causes of deaths in South East Asian region
5. Importance of understanding COPD risk factors
6. Risk factors for COPD (1)
7. Tobacco smoking as a risk factor for COPD
8. Other important risk factors for COPD
9. Global mortality attributable to smoking
10. COPD prevalence in non-smokers: Americas
11. COPD in nonsmokers: Europe
12. COPD in nonsmokers: Africa
13. COPD in nonsmokers: Pacific
14. COPD in nonsmokers: Asia
15. COPD prevalence amongst urban slum dwellers
16. COPD prevalence in rural Pune, India (1)
17. COPD prevalence in rural Pune, India (2)
18. Chronic bronchitis prevalence in India
19. Exposure to biomass smoke and COPD risk
20. Indoor air pollution due to biomass exposure
21. Biomass fuel and respiratory health
22. Mosquito coil
23. Incense burning and asthma
24. Key messages
25. Long term exposure to air pollution and COPD (1)
26. Long term exposure to air pollution and COPD (2)
27. Ambient air pollution and COPD
28. Farming as a risk factor for COPD
29. Occupational COPD
30. Pulmonary TB as a risk factor for COPD (1)
31. Pulmonary TB as a risk factor for COPD (2)
32. Global incidence of tuberculosis
33. Asthma as a risk factor for COPD (1)
34. Asthma as a risk factor for COPD (2)
35. Chronic asthma as a risk factor for COPD
36. Birth weight and adult lung function (1)
37. Birth weight and adult lung function (2)
38. Diet and COPD/lung function
39. Serum nutrient levels and lung function correlation
40. Risk factors for COPD (2)
41. Future directions

Topics Covered

• Non-smoking risk factors
• Indoor air pollution, especially biomass fuel, burning of mosquito coil
• Outdoor air pollution
• Occupational causes
• Poorly treated asthma
• Post pulmonary tuberculosis
• Early life environmental factors, especially nutrition and socio-economic factors
• Need for more research and better understanding in this field

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Series:

• Advances in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Categories:

• Clinical Practice

Therapeutic Areas:

• Immunology & Inflammation
• Respiratory Diseases

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Publication History

• Published on September 10, 2012

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Sundeep Salvi has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.