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THOMAS M. GOCKE, M.D.; BENEDICT J. DUFFY, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1962;110(5):606-614.

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The emergence of chronic bronchitis as an important disease entity prompted this study of the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in 40- to 59-year-old men in the Jersey City Housing Units.

Introduction

Previously reported epidemiologic studies of chronic bronchitis in the United Kingdom^1-7 provided the basis for our attempt to measure the prevalence of this condition in Jersey City. The World Health Organization has approved a definition of chronic bronchitis as "chronic bronchial inflammation with hypersecretion of mucus."⁸ Clinically it is recognized as a productive cough, not attributable to localized disease of the upper respiratory tract, bronchi, or lung parenchyma.⁹ An epidemiologic definition of chronic productive cough is "persistent cough and sputum present most days for at least three months each year," based upon the results of a standard questionnaire.¹⁰

Morbidity statistics and absentee records fully document the importance of chronic bronchitis in Great Britain: In . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
JERSEY CITY, N.J.

Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry.

Footnotes
Aided in part by a contract (SAph 76069) from the Division of Air Pollution, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in part by a grant (D-173) from the New Jersey State Department of Health, and in part by a contract (Nonr 3181 (00)) from the Office of Naval Research.

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