title: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)-2017: The alat perspective.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. Electronic address: montesdeoca.maria@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montes de Oca
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Padilla
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index