Variable loss of lung function in COPD

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1246-1247

  Burney, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARA CELL PROTEIN;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 80053361205     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1109139     Document Type: Editorial

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