Gender differences in the management and experience of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1207-1213

  Watson, Louise ^a   Vestbo, Jorgen ^b   Postma, Dirkje S ^c   Decramer, Marc ^d   Rennard, Stephen ^e   Kiri, Victor A ^a   Vermeire, Paul A ^f   Soriano, Joan B ^a,g  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Gender; Medical care; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 8644243110     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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