Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Barnes, Peter J ^a   Burney, Peter G J ^a   Silverman, Edwin K ^b   Celli, Bartolome R ^c   Vestbo, Jørgen ^d   Wedzicha, Jadwiga A ^a   Wouters, Emiel F M ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85013129004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.76     Document Type: Article

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