The European Union conference on chronic respiratory disease: Purpose and conclusions

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 738-742

  Decramer, M ^a   Sibille, Y ^b   Bush, A ^c   Carlsen, K H ^d   Rabe, K F ^e,f   Clancy, L ^g   Turnbull, A ^h,i   Nemery, B ^a   Simonds, A ^j   Troosters, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^g TobaccoFree Research Institute   (Ireland)

^h European Respiratory Society   (Switzerland)

ⁱ European Public Health Alliance   (Switzerland)

^j ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPOSIUM; TUBERCULOSIS; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SMOKING;

EID: 79953705642     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00020211     Document Type: Editorial

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