Pulmonary functional parameters and blood cotinine level in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Journal: Tuberkuloz ve toraks
PMID: 30683027

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cotinine is reliable marker of tobacco exposure. We aimed to investigate the relationship between pulmonary function tests (FVC%, FEV1, FEV1/FVC and FEF25-75%), smoking history and blood cotinine levels in healthy volunteers as a control and patients who have COPD in our study.

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  • Hatice Kozluca
    Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Emrah Dural
    Department of Forensic Toxicology, Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Gülseren Karabıyıkoğlu
    Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Tülin Söylemezoğlu
    Department of Forensic Toxicology, Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.

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