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Incidence and risk factors of exacerbations among COPD patients in primary health care: APMPOC study
BACKGROUND: Worldwide, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth cause of death. Exacerbations have a negative impact on the prognosis of COPD and the frequency and severity of these episodes are associated with a higher patient mortality. Exacerbations are the first cause of decomp...
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633267/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134205 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-8 |