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Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV, forced expiratory volume.
Reprinted from BMJ, Vol. 6077; Fletcher C, Peto R: The Natural History of Chronic Airflow Obstruction, p. 1645-1648 with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
