Stages of disease severity and factors that affect the health status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 841-846

  Hajiro, T ^a   Nishimura, K ^a   Tsukino, M ^a   Ikeda, A ^a   Oga, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Health status; Staging of disease severity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING;

EID: 0033804113     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0804     Document Type: Article

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