The main disease-related cost drivers in COPD: impaired lung function and exacerbations

S. A. Jansson, A. Ericsson, A. Lindberg, S. Borg, A. C. Jonsson, E. Rönmark, F. Andersson, B. Lundbäck (Luleå, Umeå, Lund, Stockholm, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Epidemiological aspects of COPD
Session: Epidemiological aspects of COPD
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1463
Disease area: Airway diseases

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