Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a growing but neglected global epidemic.
expert_opinion · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 17503959.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1865560.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Peter Barnes argues that COPD is a major and increasing global health epidemic that has received insufficient attention from the health-care profession, governments, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Medical subject headings
- Global Health
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive