Open AccessTrends in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality in Ontario, Canada, 1996 to 2007
Author(s) -
Andrea S. Gershon
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.17
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , pulmonary disease , cohort , population , demography , public health , epidemiology , disease , rate ratio , cohort study , prevalence , environmental health , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable disease with a prevalence of more than 10% worldwide among adults 40 years and older. Whether this amount has been increasing, decreasing, or stable over time remains unknown.
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