Source: International Congress 2016 – Best abstracts in COPD management
Disease area: Airway diseases



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Esther Metting (Groningen, Netherlands), Esther Metting, Thys van der Molen, Janwillem Kocks. Loneliness and lack of social support severely influences patients’ quality of life. Secondary findings from our focusgroup study in asthma and COPD patients. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 729

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