Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Air Pollutants: Biella�s Hospital Case Study

Silvia Ussai, Stefano Scarpetta, Francesco D Aloia, Eduardo Missoni, Gianni Bonelli

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;">Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has been always a major public health concern not only because of its impact on patients&acute; health but also on their quality of life as well the socioeconomic burden of a chronic disease</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/FAIZ%20MUNSHI/Desktop/June%202017/GJRA/186.Silvia%20Ussai%20ONLINE.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify;"> leading to million dollars expenses on treatment and thousands of lost working hours.</span></p> <div><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->< clear="all" /> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /> <!--[endif]--> <div id="ftn1"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="file:///C:/Users/FAIZ%20MUNSHI/Desktop/June%202017/GJRA/186.Silvia%20Ussai%20ONLINE.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="ES-VE" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="ES-VE" style="font-size: 5pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="ES-VE" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">HURD, Suzanne. The impact of COPD on lung health worldwide: epidemiology and incidence.<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i>Chest Journal</i>, 2000, vol. 117, no 2_suppl, p. 1S-4S.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div>