Emphysema on imaging is associated with quality of life in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-24

  Motohashi, Norihisa ^a   Kimura, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ishii, Takeo ^a   Wakabayashi, Ritsuko ^a   Kurosaki, Hiroko ^a   Motegi, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Kouichi ^a   Jones, Rupert CM ^b   Gemma, Akihiko ^a   Kida, Kozui ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Computed tomography; Elderly; Lung function; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMPHYSEMA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 73049102997     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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