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Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Full title

Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2015-07, Vol.373 (2), p.111-122

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

It had been thought that most people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had normal lung function in mid-adult life and then lost it rapidly. In this study, many people with COPD already had low lung function in mid-adult life, before COPD developed.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of illness and death worldw...

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Full title

Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_csuc_recercat_oai_recercat_cat_2072_270837

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_csuc_recercat_oai_recercat_cat_2072_270837

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa1411532

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