The prevalence of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a primary care population with respiratory tract infections - a case finding study

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an underdiagnosed cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prevalence of COPD has been shown to be highly associated with positive smoking history and increasing age. Spirometry is the method used for diagnosing COPD. However, identifyin...

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Autores principales: Sandelowsky, Hanna, Ställberg, Björn, Nager, Anna, Hasselström, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22047519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-122

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22047519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-122

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