Uncovering and tackling Europe's hidden respiratory illness

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9842, 2012, Pages 623-624

  Rabe, Klaus F ^a   Ward, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b European Respiratory Society   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84865128376     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61306-3     Document Type: Note

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