Mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults aged 25 years or older in North Carolina

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-23

  Brown, David W ^a   Pleasants, Roy A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; epidemiology; mortality; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78650891507     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181fcda00     Document Type: Article

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