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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

In medicine, one of several related, usually irreversible, diseases of the lung, including emphysema and chronic obstructive bronchitis. The main symptoms are coughing, wheezing, and breathing difficulties and the primary cause is smoking.

There were 122,000 deaths from COPDs in the USA in 2003.
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There is concern whether exposure can result in or worsen obstructive airway diseases, but there is only limited information to assess this risk.
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[4] The primary cause of obstructive airway diseases in adults is obesity.
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