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Sex discrepancies in COPD patients and burden of the disease in females: a nationwide study in Greece (Greek Obstructive Lung Disease Epidemiology and health ecoNomics: GOLDEN study)

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in females appears to be increasing. Recent studies have revealed that the percentage of women with COPD in Greece is approximately 12.5%. AIMS: To evaluate the burden of COPD among males and females in Greece through a natio...

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Autores principales: Papaioannou, Andriana I, Bania, Eleni, Alexopoulos, Evangelos C, Mitsiki, Eirini, Malli, Foteini, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24600217
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S52500