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Smoke in closed rooms is responsible for lung disease

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Original Author: houda zaim
Smoke in closed rooms is responsible for lung disease  :
According
to the results of a scientific study involving more than 20 thousand people in China that exposure to smoke caused by burning solid fuel inside the closed rooms for heating and cooking may lead to lung disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Smoke causes chronic obstructive pulmonary
And includes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Emphysema is the loss of elasticity of lung tissue, leading to the collapse of small air passages that lead to asthma patients and excessive breathing.
The results were published in "European respiratory journal" function of the fact that the disease associated with smoking for a long time and did not touch little research to explore the cause of infection is also non-smokers with the disease.
The study involved 20245 people over the age of 40 years in seven cities and regions of China have been discussing about the habits of smoking and the health of their family history and exposure to smoke, solid fuel, timber, coal, dung and grass.
Writing under the auspices of Peixin that in the laboratory to the main respiratory diseases in the country in the southern China city of Guangchao that among the participants there were 12471 non-smokers, 2 .5 percent risk of diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
Published: May 22, 2009
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