Breaking down the "Great Wall" of COPD care in China

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 732-733

  Sin, Don D ^a   Tan, Wan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35349023114     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200706-927ED     Document Type: Editorial

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