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COPD and asthma: the emergency is clear, now is the time for action

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1 COPD and asthma: the emergency is clear, now is the time for action
Onno CP van Schayck, Esther A Boudewijns  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine  Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages (September 2017) DOI: /S (17) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Terms and Conditions

2 Figure Schematic presentation of the underdiagnosis of asthma in the general population (n=1150) 7% of this population had undiagnosed asthma, of whom only one third (34%) presented their symptoms to their family doctor, 79% of whom were then diagnosed by their family doctor as having asthma.2 The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2017 5, DOI: ( /S (17) ) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Terms and Conditions


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