Both Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary Factors Predict the Development of Disability in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
Jonathan P. Singer,
Patricia Katz,
Carlos Iribarren,
Theodore A. Omachi,
Gabriela Sánchez,
Edward H. Yelin,
Miriam G. Cisternas,
Paul D. Blanc
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000338110
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , intensive care medicine , respiratory disease , disease , pulmonary diffusing capacity , cardiology , lung , lung function , diffusing capacity
Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability worldwide, its determinants remain poorly defined.
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