Substantial need for early diagnosis, rehabilitation and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lange, Peter ^a,b,c   Marott, Jacob Louis ^c   Dahl, Morten ^d   Ingebrigtsen, Truls Sulvan ^b   Vestbo, Jørgen ^b,e   Nordestgaard, Børge Grønne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TIME; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84873205604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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