Oral N-acetylcysteine (NAC) exerts a beneficial action in chronic bronchitis by reducing the
number of exacerbations. There have been few studies of the effect of NAC (or of any other …

Aim: We studied the quality of care for COPD patients in a large sample of general practices
in Denmark. We focussed on whether participation by general practitioners (GPs) in an …

Background and aim The general practitioner (GP) is the first contact with the health care
system for most patients with COPD in Denmark. We studied, if participating in an …

The predictive value of cough, mucus hypersecretion, breathlessness, chronic bronchitis
and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) for hospitalization and medication were …

The relationship between exposure to cement dust in a Portland cement factory and later
hospitalization due to respiratory disease and in particular chronic obstructive lung disease …

The relation between exposure to cement dust and cancer was examined in a population of
546 cement workers and a reference population of 858 randomly sampled men of similar …

STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to examine whether baseline characteristics from a cross
sectional survey provided sufficient information regarding non-response bias in a follow up …

The construct validity and ability to predict mortality on the basis of 4 British Medical
Research Council (BMRC) questions on breathlessness were examined and compared to …

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to describe the prognosis after hospitalization
after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). MATERIAL AND …

In a cross-sectional epidemiological survey a selected group of former and present cement
factory workers and a random sample of the corresponding urban population underwent …