Correlates of mortality in elderly COPD patients: Focus on health-related quality of life

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele ^a,b   Pedone, Claudio ^a   Scarlata, Simone ^a   Battaglia, Salvatore ^c   Scichilone, Nicola ^c   Forestiere, Francesco ^d   Bellia, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione San Raffaele Cittadella Della Carità ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Mortality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149109231     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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