Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A Spanish multicenter study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1456-1461

  Torres, Antoni ^b   Dorca, Jordi ^a   Zalacaín, Rafael ^b   Bello, Salvador ^b   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^b   Molinos, Luis ^b   Arévalo, Mariano ^b   Blanquer, Josep ^b   Celis, Rosa ^b   Iriberri, Milagros ^b   Prats, Enric ^b   Fernández, Ramón ^b   Irigaray, Rosa ^b   Serra, Joan ^b  

^a Secretaría SEPAR   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 10544237677     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.5.8912764     Document Type: Article

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