A Compendium of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

*Edited by Kian Chung Ong*

Published in London, United Kingdom

A Compendium of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102180 Edited by Kian Chung Ong

#### Contributors

Buntarika Chatreewatanakul, Biruk Getahun, Abebe Ayalew Bekel, Xiang He, Lei Zhang, Jiliu Liu, Yi Zhang, Xiaohui Zuo, Guoping Li, Aigoul Zinnatullina, Rustem Khamitov, Takashi Sato, Takeshi Shimosato, Hiroaki Kume, Ryuki Yamada, Yuki Sato, Christian Peiser, Kian Chung Ong

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