This focused issue on “Advances in Multidisciplinary Care for COPD” is edited by Dr. Henry M. Marshall, Dr. Annalicia Vaughan and Prof. Ian A. Yang, from The Prince Charles Hospital, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
In this Focused Issue, the themes of diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment and multimorbidities are comprehensively addressed from a multidisciplinary perspective. All of these themes build upon current preventive strategies in public health, to minimize exposure to tobacco smoke, air pollution, occupational dusts and other factors leading to COPD.