Factors associated with short-term recovery of health status among emergency department patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Emergency department; Exacerbation; Health status; Recovery

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 59849117922     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9437-z     Document Type: Article

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