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Associations between COVID-19 infection, tobacco smoking and nicotine use, common respiratory conditions and inhaled corticosteroids: a prospective QResearch-Case Mix Programme data linkage study January-May 2020

2020-06-08 respiratory medicine Title + abstract only
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IntroductionEpidemiological and laboratory research seems to suggest that smoking and perhaps nicotine alone could reduce the severity of COVID-19. Likewise, there is some evidence that inhaled corticosteroids could also reduce its severity, opening the possibility that nicotine and inhaled steroids could be used as treatments. MethodsIn this prospective cohort study, we will link English general practice records from the QResearch database to Public Health Englands database of SARS-CoV-2 posit...

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