Pulmonary rehabilitation and severe exacerbations of COPD: Solution or white elephant?

ERJ Open Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Man, William D C ^a   Puhan, Milo A ^b   Harrison, Samantha L ^c   Jordan, Rachel E ^d   Quint, Jennifer K ^e   Singh, Sally J ^f,g  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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EID: 85019538565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23120541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00050-2015     Document Type: Review

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