Respiratory health and disease in Europe: The new European Lung White Book

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-563

  Gibson, G John ^a   Loddenkemper, Robert ^b   Lundbäck, Bo ^c   Sibille, Yves ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b German Central Committee Against Tuberculosis DZK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84883495690     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00105513     Document Type: Editorial

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