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A study of the effect of smoking on pulmonary function tests in AL - Kindy teaching hospital, Baghdad | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-83 | ||
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| Key words; urban and rural population; pulmonary function tests; ; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT Background: In Iraq smoking is a common habit in both the urban and rural areas. There are many respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, bronchial carcinoma and emphysema which are related to chronic tobacco smoking. Objectives: To study the effect of tobacco smoking on the respiratory system, to establish a correlation between chronic tobacco smoking and its effects on the parameters which were studied and to create awareness in tobacco smokers about the effects of tobacco on their health Method: In this study 100 male subjects, 50 chronic smokers and 50 non- smokers were assessed for their pulmonary function tests by using a computerized spirometer. Results: Almost all their respiratory parameters were significantly reduced. In the present study obstructive lung dysfunction was the commonest finding in smoker | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key Words; pulmonary function tests; urban and rural population | ||
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