Improving the management of COPD

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7801, 2011, Pages

  Halpin, D M G ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79953839816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1674     Document Type: Editorial

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