Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 1 , Pages 67-75 , January 2010

Changes in management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care: EMMEPOC study

  • Néstor Soler

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Institut del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 – Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Servei de Pneumologia, Institut del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 – Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34932275549; fax: +34 204852789.
    • ,
  • Eugeni Ballester

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Institut del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 – Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
    • ,
  • Antonio Martín

      Affiliations

    • Medical Unit, Pfizer, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Elena Gobartt

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Marc Miravitlles

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Institut del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 – Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
    • ,
  • Antoni Torres

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Institut del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 – Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain

Received 26 May 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.08.003

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 1 , Pages 67-75 , January 2010

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