Recent trends in COPD prevalence in Spain: a repeated cross-sectional survey 1997–2007

B. Soriano, Joan; Ancochea, Julio; Miravitlles, Marc; García‐Río, Francisco; Duran‐Tauleria, Enric; Muñoz, Luis; A. Jiménez-Ruíz, Carlos; F. Masa, Juan; Luís Viejo, José; Villasante, C.; Fernández-Fau, L.; Sánchez, Guadalupe; Sobradillo-Peña, Víctor

doi:10.1183/09031936.00138409

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Recent trends in COPD prevalence in Spain: a repeated cross-sectional survey 1997–2007

Published in European Respiratory Journal • Dec 8, 2009

Authors:

Joan B. Soriano

Julio Ancochea

Marc Miravitlles

Abstract

We aimed to describe changes in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Spain by means of a repeated cross-sectional design comparing two population-based studies conducted 10 yrs apart. We compared participants from IBERPOC (Estudio epidemiológico de EPOC en España) (n = 4...

Subject

COPD

Medicine

Spirometry

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