Prevalence of COPD in primary care: No room for complacency

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  White, Patrick ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59849125707     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp001     Document Type: Editorial

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