TY - JOUR T1 - Projections of COPD in males in the Netherlands JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 240 LP - 241 DO - 10.1183/09031936.06.00107605 VL - 27 IS - 1 AU - N. B. Pride Y1 - 2006/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/27/1/240.abstract N2 - To the Editors: In a recent issue of the European Respiratory Journal, projections for a large increase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in females in the Netherlands up to 2025 were recorded in the study by Hoogendoorn et al. 1. These are depressing, but expected given recent observed trends and the modest changes in smoking made by Dutch females since 1980 2, 3. However, males in the Netherlands, who had the highest known usage of tobacco products per adult of any country from the 1930s to the 1950s … ER -