COPD and smoking associated with higher COVID-19 mortality

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/p-cas051120.php

News Release 11-May-2020
PLOS


Current smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased risk of severe complications and higher mortality with COVID-19 infection, according to a new study published May 11, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jaber Alqahtani of University College London, UK, and colleagues.

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