Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1004-1012 , July 2009

Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A survey of patients’ knowledge and attitudes

  • Paul Hernandez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Room 4458, Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 3A7 Canada. Tel.: +1 902 473 3698; fax: +1 902 473 6202.
    • ,
  • Meyer Balter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Current address: Mount Sinai Hospital, 6-207-600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada.
    • ,
  • Jean Bourbeau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Current address: Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, 3650 St. Urbain, Office K1.32, Montréal, Québec, H2X 2P4, Canada.
    • ,
  • Rick Hodder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Current address: The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada.

Received 20 August 2008 ,Accepted 19 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.018

Respiratory Medicine
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