Prognostic assessment of patients with COPD

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9705, 2009, Pages 1886-

  van den Bemt, Lisette ^a   Smeele, Ivo ^b   van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Huisartsen Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70949096487     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62084-5     Document Type: Letter

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