Characteristics of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the pulmonology clinics of seven Asian cities

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-39

  Oh, Yeon Mok ^a   Bhome, Arvind B ^b   Boonsawat, Watchara ^c   Gunasekera, Kirthi Dias ^d   Madegedara, Dushantha ^e   Idolor, Luisito ^f   Roa, Camilo ^f   Kim, Woo Jin ^g   Kuo, Han Pin ^h   Wang, Chun Hua ^h   Lan, Le Thi Tuyet ⁱ   Loh, Li Cher ^j   Ong, Choo Khoon ^j   Ng, Alan ^k   Nishimura, Masaharu ^l   Makita, Hironi ^l   Silverman, Edwin K ^m   Lee, Jae Seung ^a   Yang, Ting ⁿ   Lin, Yingxiang ⁿ   Wang, Chen ⁿ   Lee, Sang Do ^a   more..

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b 'Friends of the Breathless' Foundation   (India)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^e Teaching Hospital Kandy   (Sri Lanka)

^f Lung Center of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^g Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^h CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ University Medical Center   (Viet Nam)

^j PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^k TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^l HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Asia; Biomass; COPD; Dust

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOFUEL; CORTICOSTEROID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SRI LANKA; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; ULCER; URBAN POPULATION; WHEEZING;

ASIA; BIOMASS; COPD; DUST;

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ASIA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84872922781     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S36283     Document Type: Article

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