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

• Main Authors: Davies Adeloye (Author), Stephen Chua (Author), Chinwei Lee (Author), Catriona Basquill (Author), Angeliki Papana (Author), Evropi Theodoratou (Author), Harish Nair (Author), Danijela Gasevi (Author), Devi Sridhar (Author), Harry Campbell (Author), Kit Yee Chan (Author), Aziz Sheikh (Author), Igor Rudan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 conducted...