title: COPD in women: susceptibility or vulnerability?
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo y EPOC, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ismael Cosio Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico raulsansores@yahoo.com.mx.
authors.forename: Raúl H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Sansores
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo y EPOC, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ismael Cosio Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Venegas
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens