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Comorbidity and Sex-Related Differences in Mortality in Oxygen-Dependent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

BACKGROUND: It is not known why survival differs between men and women in oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The present study evaluates differences in comorbidity between men and women, and tests the hypothesis that comorbidity contributes to sex-related differences in m...

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Autores principales: Ekström, Magnus P., Jogréus, Claes, Ström, Kerstin E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22563405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035806