Lifetime Occupational Exposure to Dusts, Gases and Fumes Is Associated with Bronchitis Symptoms and Higher Diffusion Capacity in COPD Patients

• Esther Rodríguez ,

  * E-mail: estherod@vhebron.net

  Affiliations Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• Jaume Ferrer,

  Affiliations Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• Jan-Paul Zock,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• Ignasi Serra,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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• Josep M. Antó,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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• Jordi de Batlle,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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• Hans Kromhout,

  Affiliation Enviromental and Occupational Health Division, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Roel Vermeulen,

  Affiliation Enviromental and Occupational Health Division, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• David Donaire-González,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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• Marta Benet,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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• Eva Balcells,

  Affiliations CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain

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• Eduard Monsó,

  Affiliations CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain

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• Angel Gayete,

  Affiliation Servei de Radiologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain

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• Judith Garcia-Aymerich,

  Affiliations Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Nacional de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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• the PAC-COPD Study Group

  ¶Membership of the PAC-COPD Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments

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