Co-morbid disease in COPD - More than a coincidence

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-400

  Crockett, Alan J ^a   Price, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV INHIBITOR; STEROID;

AGING; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COMORBIDITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 38049096329     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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