Effect of ethnicity on the prevalence, severity, and management of COPD in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 595, 2012, Pages

  Martin, Alice ^a   Badrick, Ellena ^b   Mathur, Rohini ^b   Hull, Sally ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Ethnicity; General practice; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LONG ACTING BETA AGONIST; LONG ACTINGMUSCARINIC AGONIST; MUSCARINIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SHORT ACTING BETA AGONIST; SHORT ACTING MUSCARINIC AGONIST; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIA, WESTERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS;

EID: 84856931803     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X625120     Document Type: Article

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