Undiagnosed COPD: who is at risk, and does it matter? The Guangzhou biobank cohort study (GBCS)

P. Adab, H. Lam, C. Q. Jiang, R. Jordan, K. K. Cheng, T. H. Lam, W. S. Zhang, M. Miller (Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Hong Kong, Guangzhou, China)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Methodological aspects of asthma and COPD epidemiology
Session: Methodological aspects of asthma and COPD epidemiology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1011
Disease area: Airway diseases

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