Excessive costs of COPD in ever-smokers. A longitudinal community study.
Nielsen
Rune
R
Section of Thoracic Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway. nielsenrune@me.no
Johannessen
Ane
A
Omenaas
Ernst Reidar
ER
Bakke
Per Sigvald
PS
Askildsen
Jan Erik
JE
Gulsvik
Amund
A
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013147:Spirometry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires