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Exacerbation rate, health status and mortality in COPD – a review of potential interventions

COPD is prevalent in Western society and its incidence is rising in the developing world. Acute exacerbations of COPD, about 50% of which are unreported, lead to deterioration in quality of life and contribute significantly to disease burden. Quality of life deteriorates with time; thus, most of the...

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Autores principales: Seemungal, Terence AR, Hurst, John R, Wedzicha, Jadwiga A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19554195