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The dangers of incense burning: COPD in Saudi Arabia

Authors Al-Kassimi FA

Received 24 December 2012

Accepted for publication 3 January 2013

Published 21 May 2013 Volume 2013:8 Pages 251—253

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S42057

Checked for plagiarism Yes



Feisal A Al-Kassimi

Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

We read with great interest the article titled "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: hospital and intensive care unit outcomes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"1 and we would like to comment on its methodology.

View original paper by Alaithan and colleagues.

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