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Co-morbidities are the key nominators of the health related quality of life in mild and moderate COPD

BACKGROUND: Co-morbidities are common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We assessed the contribution of common co-morbidities on health related quality of life (HRQoL) among COPD patients. METHODS: Using both generic (15D) and respiratory-specific (AQ20) instruments, HRQoL was assesse...

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Autores principales: Koskela, Jukka, Kilpeläinen, Maritta, Kupiainen, Henna, Mazur, Witold, Sintonen, Harri, Boezen, Marike, Lindqvist, Ari, Postma, Dirkje, Laitinen, Tarja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-102