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How Reliable Are Current Data for Assessing the Actual Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

BACKGROUND: Estimating COPD occurrence is perceived by the scientific community as a matter of increasing interest because of the worldwide diffusion of the disease. We aimed to estimate COPD prevalence by using administrative databases from a city in central Italy for 2002–2006, improving both the...

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Autores principales: Romanelli, Anna Maria, Raciti, Mauro, Protti, Maria Angela, Prediletto, Renato, Fornai, Edo, Faustini, Annunziata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26901166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149302