Clinical Epidemiology of COPD
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Epidemiology of COPD.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is responsible for early mortality, high death rates and significant cost to health systems. The projection for 2020 indicates that COPD will be the third leading cause of death worldwide (from sixth in 1990) and fifth leading cause of years lost through early mortality or handicap (disability-adjusted life years) (12th in 1990). Active smoking remai...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.04.135