GOLD COPD stage i is not associated with increased risk of death

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-

  Quanjer, Philip H ^a   Furberg, Curt D ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 82955247615     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.07.025     Document Type: Letter

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