COPD: A common disease that is preventable and treatable

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-9

  Buist, Sonia ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

AGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOBACCO;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 31544449177     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.12.004     Document Type: Editorial

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