The role of female hormones on lung function in chronic lung diseases

• Main Authors: Man SF (Author), Dorscheid Delbert (Author), Wadsworth Samuel (Author), Morrish Don (Author), Tam Anthony (Author), Sin Don D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) are increasing in women. There is a dearth of data on the biological mechani...