The rising incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the UK

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 462-467

  Navaratnam, Vidya ^a   Fleming, K M ^b   West, J ^b,c   Smith, C J P ^b   Jenkins, R G ^a   Fogarty, A ^a   Hubbard, R B ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956343961     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.148031     Document Type: Article

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