COPD in primary care: a time of opportunity
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COPD in Primary Care
‘COPD in Primary Care’ is a compilation of essential knowledge on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a health condition and its treatment within the primary care setting in the UK. COPD is a chronic condition that causes progressive obstruction of the airflows increasing continuously shortness of breath and is, by definition, irreversible. Anita Sharma, an enthusiastic, practicing general...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10x514693