MISSED DIAGNOSIS AND OVERTREATMENT OF COPD AMONG SMOKING PRIMARY CARE POPULATION IN CENTRAL GREECE: OLD PROBLEMS PERSIST

Missed diagnosis and overtreatment of COPD among smoking primary care population in Central Greece: old problems persist

Eirini Stafyla, Ourania S Kotsiou, Konstantina Deskata, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece Background: The diagnosis of COPD is not always consistent with the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) strategy in daily c

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Reporting frequency of potentially malignant oral disorders and oral cancer: A 10-year retrospective data analysis in a teaching dental institution

Introduction: Incidence of oral potentially malignant and malignant lesions is increasing, thereby escalating the burden of cancer on our nation.Oral cancer and preceding lesions are of utmost importance for the present scenario.Various risk factors predominantly, consumption of tobacco with other synergetic products affect the oral mucosa.Registry

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Integrated interpretation of pXRF data on ancient nephrite artifacts excavated from Tomb No.1 in Yuehe Town, Henan Province, China

Abstract Previous studies of ancient jade using portable X-ray fluorescence Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum) (pXRF) have mostly focused on mineral identification, alteration status and provenance determination.It is usually used as an auxiliary instrument for spectroscopic detection with finer resolution.However, there is no substitute for the efficiency

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