Diagnosing COPD
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Diagnosing COPD
Diagnosing COPD It is widely recognized that many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are undiagnosed, including some with significant airflow obstruction. The best available data suggest that the prevalence of physiologically defined COPD in adults aged 40 years is 9%–10% (Halbert et al 2006). In their study of randomly selected individuals aged 60 to 74 years from a UK ge...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of COPD
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1176-9106
DOI: 10.2147/copd.2006.1.4.343