COPD: more than respiratory

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9606, 2008, Pages 27-28

  Puhan, MA ^a   Zoller, M ^a   ter Riet, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37449017190     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60064-1     Document Type: Letter

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