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Original Research

Characteristics of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the pulmonology clinics of seven Asian cities

Yeon-Mok Oh1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
,
Arvind B Bhome2 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, “Friends of the Breathless” Foundation, Pune, India
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Watchara Boonsawat3 Department of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Kirthi Dias Gunasekera4 Central Chest Clinic, Colombo and National Hospital of Sri Lanka
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Dushantha Madegedara5 Respiratory Disease Treatment Unit and Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Luisito Idolor6 Section of Respiratory Services and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
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Camilo Roa6 Section of Respiratory Services and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
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Woo Jin Kim7 Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, Kang Won, Korea
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Han-Pin Kuo8 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chun-Hua Wang8 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Le Thi Tuyet Lan9 Respiratory Care Center, University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Li-Cher Loh10 Department of Medicine, Penang Medical College, Penang, Malaysia
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Choo-Khoon Ong10 Department of Medicine, Penang Medical College, Penang, Malaysia
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Alan Ng11 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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Masaharu Nishimura12 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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Hironi Makita12 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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Edwin K Silverman13 Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Jae Seung Lee1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ting Yang14 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Yingxiang Lin14 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Chen Wang14 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Sang-Do Lee1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 31-39 | Published online: 14 Jan 2013

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