Early Identification of Exacerbations in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Frequent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) place a considerable burden on the health care system and are a major cause of decreased health-related quality of life, accelerated pulmonary decline, and mortality in individual patients. Primary care physicians are usually the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2150131912443827 |