Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality and prevalence: the associations with smoking and poverty—a BOLD analysis

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a commonly reported cause of death and associated with smoking. However, COPD mortality is high in poor countries with low smoking rates. Spirometric restriction predicts mortality better than airflow obstruction, suggesting that the preval...

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Autores principales: Burney, Peter, Jithoo, Anamika, Kato, Bernet, Janson, Christer, Mannino, David, Niżankowska-Mogilnicka, Ewa, Studnicka, Michael, Tan, Wan, Bateman, Eric, Koçabas, Ali, Vollmer, William M, Gislason, Thorarrin, Marks, Guy, Koul, Parvaiz A, Harrabi, Imed, Gnatiuc, Louisa, Buist, Sonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
Materias:
Respiratory Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204460

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