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EMPHYSEMA
Author(s) -
Rosenblatt Milton B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1970.tb02785.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary emphysema , disease , intensive care medicine , lung
A bstract This review of the medical literature on emphysema before and during the nineteenth century clearly demonstrates that the disease was highly prevalent before modern times. The alleged increase in the prevalence of emphysema during recent decades—on the basis of official death certifications—is a statistical illusion.