Journal article
Mortality among Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma at Two Respiratory Disease Clinics in Ontario
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are common; however, mortality rates among individuals with these diseases are not well studied in North America.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate mortality rates and risk factors for premature death among subjects with COPD.
Authors
Finkelstein MM; Chapman KR; McIvor RA; Sears MR
Journal
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 327–332
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2011
DOI
10.1155/2011/539136
ISSN
1198-2241