Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a manifestation of structural violence, the process through which societies ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... Asthma is not considered a type of COPD, but it is a chronic respiratory condition. You can have asthma along with COPD. This is called asthma ...

In five age groups, chronic lower respiratory disease was one of the 10 leading causes of death. It ranked tenth in the 1-to-9-year group, ninth in the 10-to-24-year group, seventh in the 45-to-64 ...