ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Definition, epidemiology, and risk factors

BMJ. 2006 May 13;332(7550):1142-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1142.

Author

Graham Devereux¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Air Pollution / adverse effects
Cost of Illness
Humans
Occupational Exposure / adverse effects
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / etiology
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency / complications