The BODE index as a tool to predict survival in COPD lung transplant candidates

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1494-1495

  Marchand, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 78649754322     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00117610     Document Type: Letter

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