Open AccessPrevalência da doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica em Lisboa, Portugal: estudo Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease
Author(s) -
Cristina Bárbara,
Fátima Rodrigues,
Hermínia Brites Dias,
João Cardoso,
J. Almeida,
María João Matos,
Paula Simão,
M. Santos,
J.R. Ferreira,
Miklos Gaspar,
Louisa Gnatiuc,
Peter Burney
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista portuguesa de pneumologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2172-6825
pISSN - 0873-2159
DOI - 10.1016/j.rppneu.2012.11.004
Subject(s) - medicine , gynecology
There is a great heterogeneity in the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) demonstrates a great heterogeneity across the world. The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) initiative was started to measure the prevalence of COPD in a standardized way. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of COPD in Portuguese adults aged 40 years or older of a target population of 2,700 000 in the Lisbon region, in accordance with BOLD protocol.
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