Estimating prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Southern Cone of Latin America: how different spirometric criteria may affect disease burden and health policies

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. The study aimed to determine and compare the prevalence of COPD in the general population aged 45-74 years old according to fixed ratio and lower limit of normal (LLN) thresholds in four cities i...

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Autores principales: Sobrino, Edgardo, Irazola, Vilma E., Gutierrez, Laura, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Lanas, Fernando, Calandrelli, Matías, Ponzo, Jacqueline, Mores, Nora, Serón, Pamela, Lee, Allison, He, Jiang, Rubinstein, Adolfo L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29228947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0537-9

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