Mortality among Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma at Two Respiratory Disease Clinics in Ontario

Murray M Finkelstein; Kenneth R Chapman; R Andrew McIvor; Malcolm R Sears

doi:10.1155/2011/539136

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2011)

Mortality among Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma at Two Respiratory Disease Clinics in Ontario

Murray M Finkelstein,
Kenneth R Chapman,
R Andrew McIvor,
Malcolm R Sears

Affiliations

Murray M Finkelstein: Granovsky-Gluskin Family Medicine Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Kenneth R Chapman: Asthma and Airway Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
R Andrew McIvor: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Malcolm R Sears: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/539136
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 6
pp. 327 – 332

Abstract

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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.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
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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