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The Hidden Cost of Poor Lung Health
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80% Informative
Since the pandemic, the number of working days lost to respiratory conditions has more than doubled.
This represents a sharp increase from pre-pandemic levels and should serve as a wake-up call.
COPD diagnoses sit at around 1.4 million people in the UK , but as many as 2 million sufferers may remain undiagnosed.
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82
Informative language
83
Neutral language
6
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
53
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not offensive
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not hateful
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not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
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