The proportional venn diagram of obstructive lung disease: Two approximations from the United States and the United Kingdom

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 474-481

  Soriano, Joan B ^a,d   Davis, Kourtney J ^a   Coleman, Bobbie ^a   Visick, George ^a   Mannino, David ^b   Pride, Neil B ^c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Epidemiology; Obstructive lung disease; Venn diagram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA BASE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042231982     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.2.474     Document Type: Article

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