title: Epidemiology and costs of COPD.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Balmes
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy