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Epidemiology can contribute in the fight against COPD by: providing information necessary for planning and management of health care; contributing to the knowledge of natural history and etiology, which is important for treatment and prevention; providing information for early detection and for clinical decision making.
提供医疗保健规划与管理所需信息；增进对自然史和病因学的了解，这对治疗和预防至关重要；提供早期检测及临床决策所需信息。
