Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stage and health-related quality of life

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1072-1079

  Ferrer, Montserrat ^b   Alonso, Jordi ^b   Morera, Josep ^c   Marrades, Ramón M ^d   Khalaf, Ahmad ^e   Aguar, M Carmen ^f   Plaza, Vicente ^g   Prieto, Luis ^b   Antó, Josep M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e Hospital de la Magdalena   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031464441     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00003     Document Type: Article

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