Baseline characteristics of the first 5,000 COPD patients enrolled in the TORCH survival study

P. M. A. Calverley, B. Celli, G. Ferguson, C. Jenkins, P. Jones, N. B. Pride, J. Vestbo, J. Anderson, R. Pauwels (Liverpool, London, Greenford, United Kingdom; Boston, Michigan, ; Sydney, Australia; Hvidovre, Denmark; Ghent, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Staging and outcome in COPD
Session: Staging and outcome in COPD
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3628
Disease area: Airway diseases

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