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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: severe exacerbations and mortality

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  • Samy Suissa Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sophie Dell'Aniello Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pierre Ernst Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, CanadaPulmonary Division, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Samy Suissa, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, Canada H3T 1E2; samy.suissa{at}mcgill.ca
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Suissa S, Dell'Aniello S, Ernst P
Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: severe exacerbations and mortality
Thorax 2012;67:957-963.

Publication history

  • Received December 15, 2011
  • Accepted April 30, 2012
  • First published June 8, 2012.
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