It is time for the world to take COPD seriously: a statement from the GOLD board of directors

David M.G. Halpin, Bartolome R. Celli, Gerard J. Criner, Peter Frith, M. Victorina López Varela, Sundeep Salvi, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Ronchang Chen, Kevin Mortimer, Maria Montes de Oca, Zaurbek Aisanov, Daniel Obaseki, Rebecca Decker, Alvar Agusti

Source: Eur Respir J, 54 (1) 1900914; 10.1183/13993003.00914-2019
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Airway diseases

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