Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Subtitle: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: April 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9780824723118
Subjects: Clinical & Internal Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
First sentence: COPD is a major and increasing global health problem, which is predicted to become the third commonest cause of death and the fifth commonest cause of disability in the world by 2020 (1).