Graduate School of Health Sciences Kumamoto University

Research Subjects	Epidemiological researches on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Research Focus	My main research themes are as follows: 1) Prevalence of COPD (Airflow limitation) 2) Prevalence of comorbidities in subjects with COPD (Airflow limitation) 3) Cumulative incidence of COPD (Airflow limitation) 4) Annual changes in pulmonary function (Longitudinal studies) 5) Relationship of COPD (airflow limitation) with work productivity reduction and sick leave in a working population I have been doing several epidemiological studies using the data from the subjects who underwent medical health checkups.
Maximum number of acceptable foreign students	1

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