Young and middle-aged adults with airflow limitation according to lower limit of normal but not fixed ratio have high morbidity and poor survival: a population-based prospective cohort study

Yunus Çolak, Shoaib Afzal, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Jørgen Vestbo, Peter Lange

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (3) 1702681; 10.1183/13993003.02681-2017
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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