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High COPD prevalence at high altitude: does household air pollution play a role?

Studies comparing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence across altitudes report conflicting results. However, household air pollution (HAP), a major COPD risk factor, was mostly not accounted for in previous analyses and never objectively measured. We aimed to compare the prevalenc...

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Autores principales: Brakema, Evelyn A., Tabyshova, Aizhamal, Kasteleyn, Marise J., Molendijk, Eveline, van der Kleij, Rianne M.J.J., van Boven, Job F.M., Emilov, Berik, Akmatalieva, Meerim, Mademilov, Maamed, Numans, Mattijs E., Williams, Sian, Sooronbaev, Talant, Chavannes, Niels H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30464013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01193-2018