The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 778.e9-778.e15, August 2009

Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • Theodore A. Omachi, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Theodore A. Omachi, MD, MBA, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0111, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0111
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  • Patricia P. Katz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco
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  • Edward H. Yelin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco
    • Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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  • Steven E. Gregorich, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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  • Carlos Iribarren, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif
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  • Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
    • Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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  • Mark D. Eisner, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
    • Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

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 Funding: Dr. Omachi was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Grant number F32 HS017664. Dr. Eisner was supported by R01HL077618 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, and UCSF Bland Lane FAMRI Center of Excellence on Secondhand Smoke CoE2007.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00345-3

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.01.036

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 778.e9-778.e15, August 2009

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