Heterogeneity's ruses: The neglected role of between-individual variability in longitudinal studies of COPD exacerbations

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1043-1044

  Sadatsafavi, Mohsen ^a   FitzGerald, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TRENDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84893975292     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-205061     Document Type: Article

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