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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Identifying Individuals with Physcian Diagnosed COPD in Health Administrative Databases

A. S. Gershon The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
,
C. Wang The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, MD, MSc,
J. Guan Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, MSc,
J. Vasilevska-Ristovska The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, MD,
L. Cicutto University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
, PhD, ACNP, CAE &
T. To The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, PhD
Pages 388-394 | Published online: 08 Oct 2009

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