COPD A Guide to Diagnosis and Clinical Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hanania, Nicola A. (Editor), Sharafkhaneh, Amir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Respiratory Medicine
• Subjects: Medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of science, the understanding of COP...