The Burden of Illness in Patients with Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Canada

M Reza Maleki-Yazdi; Suzanne M Kelly; Sy S Lam; Mihaela Marin; Martin Barbeau; Valery Walker

doi:10.1155/2012/328460

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2012)

The Burden of Illness in Patients with Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Canada

M Reza Maleki-Yazdi,
Suzanne M Kelly,
Sy S Lam,
Mihaela Marin,
Martin Barbeau,
Valery Walker

Affiliations

M Reza Maleki-Yazdi: Women’s College Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Suzanne M Kelly: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc, Dorval, Quebec, Canada
Sy S Lam: University of Calgary, Calgary West Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mihaela Marin: OptumInsight, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Martin Barbeau: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc, Dorval, Quebec, Canada
Valery Walker: OptumInsight, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/328460
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 5
pp. 319 – 324

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: No recent Canadian studies with physician- and spirometry-confirmed diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that assessed the burden of COPD have been published.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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