Multi-component assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an evaluation of the ADO and DOSE indices and the global obstructive lung disease categories in international primary care data sets

Suitable tools for assessing the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include multi-component indices and the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) categories. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dyspnoea, obstruction, smoking, exacerbation (DOSE) an...

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Main Authors: Jones, Rupert C, Price, David, Chavannes, Niels H, Lee, Amanda J, Hyland, Michael E, Ställberg, Björn, Lisspers, Karin, Sundh, Josefin, van der Molen, Thys, Tsiligianni, Ioanna
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823919/