Chronic airflow obstruction in a black African population: Results of BOLD Study, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Global estimates suggest that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is emerging as a leading cause of death in developing countries but there are few spirometry-based general population data on its prevalence and risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa. We used the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disea...
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Taylor and Francis
2015
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