World Lung Day: impact of "the big 5 lung diseases" in the context of COVID-19

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2022 Sep 1;323(3):L338-L340. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00261.2022. Epub 2022 Aug 16.

Authors

Mark Cohen¹, Stephanie M Levine², Heather J Zar³

Affiliations

¹ Asociación Latinoamericana del Tórax, Hospital Centro Médico, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
² Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Division, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
³ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital and SA-MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS); asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); pneumonia; tuberculosis.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Lung
Lung Diseases* / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*