**CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE – CURRENT CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE**

Edited by **Kian-Chung Ong**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1157 Edited by Kian-Chung Ong

#### **Contributors**

Tamas Agh, Agnes Meszaros, Cenk Kirakli, Terence Seemungal, Maria Rios, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Janice Gullick, Mohammad Reza Nourani, Samaneh Yazdani, Abbas Ali Imani Fooladi, Emer P. Reeves, Tomas Patrick Carroll, Noel G. McElvaney, Catherine A O'Connor, Jirakrit Leelarungrayub, Franco Alhaique, Maria Carafa, Carlotta Marianecci, Donatella Paolino, Massimo Fresta, Christian Celia, Luisa Di Marzio, Zeynep Zeren Ucar, Beek Y. Chin, Nhue L. Do, Shahrzad M. Lari, Davood Attaran, Mohammad Towhidi, Nicolay Ferrari, Rosanne Seguin, Caroline Owen, Emer Kelly, Radostina Cherneva, Ognian Borissov Georgiev, Daniela Stoichkova Petrova, Fryderyk Prochaczek, Jacek S. Brandt, Katarzyna R. Świda, Zbigniew W. Szczurek, Jerzy Gałecka, Witold Żmuda, Angel Vila-Corcoles, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Maria Luisa Martinez Ortiz, Josep Morera, João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes, Talita Stessuk, Rodrigo Kozma, Ai Cuesta-Vargas, Martín-Valero Rocio, Labajos-Manzanares M.T., Rodolfo Alvarez-Sala, Elisabeth Martinez-Ceron, Beatriz Barquiel, Luis Felipe Pallardo, Hatice Tel Aydın, Zeynep Bilgiç Ertemur, Zübeyde Zorlu, Vittoria Tibaldi, Aimonino Ricauda Nicoletta, Bertone Paola, Isaia Giovanni Carlo, Shantanu Rastogi, Deepa Rastogi, Suddepta Basu, Amisha Jain

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