Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

"Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A disease of chronic diffuse irreversible airflow obstruction. Subcategories of COPD include CHRONIC BRONCHITIS and PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.


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Bar chart showing 774 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 72 publications in 2018
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