title: Why act early in COPD?
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Respiratory Diseases, Care and Public Health Research Institute. Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands. g.wesseling@lung.azm.nl
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wesseling
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: van Schayck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013147:Spirometry; D013997:Time Factors