Physician specialty as a source of heterogeneity in the care of patients with COPD

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1666-1667

  Paladini, Luciana ^a   Hodder, Rick ^b   Bellia, Vincenzo ^c   Marchionni, Niccolò ^d   Di Bari, Mauro ^d   Cecchini, Isabella ^e   Pistelli, Riccardo ^f   Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Research Department   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNIST; ITALY; JOB EXPERIENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 83455169457     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1690     Document Type: Letter

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