Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its association with tobacco smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure among rural population

• Egile Nagusiak: B G Parasuramalu (Egilea), N Huliraj (Egilea), S P Prashanth Kumar (Egilea), Gangaboraiah (Egilea), N R Ramesh Masthi (Egilea), C R Srinivasa Babu (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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A field survey was conducted for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) epidemiology in the rural field practice area of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India, which covers a population of 44,387 to find out the prevalence of COPD in adult subjects of 35 years and above us...