Piecing together the bigger picture: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia and beyond

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

Editorial

Abhimanyu Chandel et al. Respirology. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;27(3):187-189.

doi: 10.1111/resp.14209. Epub 2022 Jan 17.

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic respiratory disease; clinical epidemiology; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; interstitial lung disease.

Comment on

Incidence, prevalence and mortality of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia.
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