Open AccessLife expectancy and years of life lost in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Findings from the NHANES III Follow-up Study
Author(s) -
Robert M. Shavelle,
David Strauss,
David Paculdo,
Kush,
David M. Mannino
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s5237
Subject(s) - life expectancy , copd , medicine , population , demography , mortality rate , national health and nutrition examination survey , disease , gerontology , environmental health , sociology
Previous studies have demonstrated that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes increased mortality in the general population. But life expectancy and the years of life lost have not been reported.
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