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Respiratory symptoms and lung function in older people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Abramson Michael J
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06911.x
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , asthma , epidemiology , pulmonary disease , dlco , obstructive lung disease , lung function , pulmonary function testing , intensive care medicine , disease , lung , physical therapy , diffusing capacity
Abstract What we need to knowWhat is an agreed definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for epidemiological research? What are the predicted values of gas transfer (T lco ) for Australian populations? What is the prevalence of asthma and COPD in people over the age of 70? How does the prevalence of asthma and COPD in Australia compare with that in other countries?What we need to doConduct community‐based studies examining the burden of illness due to obstructive lung disease, using a common protocol that allows international comparisons of data.