Similarities and differences in asthma and COPD: the Dutch hypothesis

• Published in: Chest Vol. 126; no. 2; pp. 93S - 95S; discussion 159S-161S
• Main Author: BLEECKER, Eugene R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Northbrook, IL American College of Chest Physicians 01.08.2004; Elsevier B.V
• Subjects: Airway management; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - etiology; Asthma - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comparative analysis; Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology; Humans; Hypotheses; Lung diseases; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Medical sciences; Mortality; Pneumology; Prevalence; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - etiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Risk factors; Smoking; Surveys; United States - epidemiology; Vital Capacity - physiology; United States; United States > US; Cardiology; Anesthesia; Circulatory system