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Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D L Sherrill1, M D Lebowitz, B Burrows
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Morbidity and mortality rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been increasing over time. Epidemiologic investigators of COPD have been exploring the reasons for these increases through prevalence surveys and longitudinal studies. This article examines some of the recent findings.