Sex and gender differences in COPD: Challenging the stereotypes

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-379

  Dunn Galvin, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENDER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 82455167063     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00107     Document Type: Note

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