Burden of disease and benefits of exercise in fixed airway obstruction asthma

Background and research questions. The characterization of chronic persistent asthma in an older adult population is not well defined. This is due to the difficulties in separating the diagnosis of asthma from that of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the latter being a condition which p...

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Main Author: Turner, Sian Elizabeth
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2536