Reviews and Other General Publications

Croft JB, Giles WH, Presley-Cantrell LR, Wheaton AG. CDC perspective on a dynamic partnership to improve the surveillance of COPD at state and local levels. Lung Health Professional. 2013;4(1):15.

Mannino DM, Croft JB, Brown DW. Chapter 5: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In: Schraufnagel DE, ed. Breathing in America: Diseases, Progress, Hope. Chicago, IL: American Thoracic Society; 2010:47–56. http://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/breathing-in-america/resources/breathing-in-america.pdf Cdc-pdf[PDF – 11.6MB]External

Hnizdo E, Vallyathan V. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to occupational exposure to silica dust: a review of epidemiological and pathological evidence. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60:237–243. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1740506/External

Mannino DM. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: definition and epidemiology. Respir Care. 2003;48:1185–1191. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14651759External

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