Global and regional estimates of COPD prevalence: Systematic review and meta–analysis

Global and regional estimates of COPD prevalence: Systematic review and meta–analysis

The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) across many world regions is high. We aim to estimate COPD prevalence and number of disease cases for the years 1990 and 2010 across world regions based on the best available evidence in publicly accessible scientific databases. We conduc...

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Main Authors: Davies Adeloye, Stephen Chua, Chinwei Lee, Catriona Basquill, Angeliki Papana, Evropi Theodoratou, Harish Nair, Danijela Gasevi, Devi Sridhar, Harry Campbell, Kit Yee Chan, Aziz Sheikh, Igor Rudan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Global Health
Subjects:
COPD
prevalence
Online Access:http://jogh.org/pdfviewer.aspx?pdf=documents/issue201502/jogh-05-020415.pdf

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