Making sense of COPD definitions and data to the general practitioner, the pulmonologist and the epidemiologist

J. Vestbo (Hvidovre, Denmark)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Fixed ratio or other ways to define COPD: what can we learn from others?
Session: Fixed ratio or other ways to define COPD: what can we learn from others?
Session type: Hot topics
Number: 163
Disease area: Airway diseases

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- 13.10.2011 22:50
Clear and thought provoking, this has clarified a very complex debate.
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