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The Platino project: methodology of a multicenter prevalence survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in major Latin American cities

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in many developed countries appears to be increasing. There is some evidence from Latin America that COPD is a growing cause of death, but information on prevalence is scant. It is possible that, due to the high frequency of...

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Autores principales: Menezes, Ana MB, Victora, Cesar G, Perez-Padilla, Rogelio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC442126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15202950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-4-15