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Prevalence and correlates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory symptoms in rural southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study

BACKGROUND: The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects resource-limited settings such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but population-based prevalence estimates in SSA are rare. We aimed to estimate the population prevalence of COPD and chronic respirato...

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Autores principales: North, Crystal M, Kakuhikire, Bernard, Vořechovská, Dagmar, Hausammann-Kigozi, Simone, McDonough, Amy Q, Downey, Jordan, Christiani, David C, Tsai, Alexander C, Siedner, Mark J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31217961
http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.010434