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Spirometry, questionnaire and electronic medical record based COPD in a population survey: Comparing prevalence, level of agreement and associations with potential risk factors

BACKGROUND: COPD-diagnosis is confirmed by post-bronchodilator (BD) spirometry. However, epidemiological studies often rely on pre-BD spirometry, self-reports, or medical records. This population-based study aims to determine COPD-prevalence based on four different operational definitions and their...

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Autores principales: Borlée, Floor, Yzermans, C. Joris, Krop, Esmeralda, Aalders, Bernadette, Rooijackers, Jos, Zock, Jan-Paul, van Dijk, Christel E., Maassen, Catharina B. M., Schellevis, François, Heederik, Dick, Smit, Lidwien A. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5342260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28273094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171494