Severity distribution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Dutch general practice

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-86

  Hoogendoorn, Martine ^a   Feenstra, Talitha L ^a,b   Schermer, Tjard R J ^c   Hesselink, Arlette E ^d   Rutten van Mölken, Maureen P M H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COPD; Diagnosis; Disease severity; Epidemiology; General practice; GOLD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29844456024     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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