The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 124-125

  Mcdonald, Christine F ^a   Glasgow, Nicholas ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84874639865     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10031     Document Type: Editorial

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