Open AccessPrevalence of and Risk Factors for Self‐Reported Chronic Bronchitis in a Canadian Population: The Canadian Community Health Survey, 2007 To 2008
Author(s) -
Chandima Karunanayake,
Bria. M. Hagen,
James A. Dosman,
Punam Pahwa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2013/724208
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic bronchitis , environmental health , cross sectional study , bronchitis , population , family medicine , demography , pathology , sociology
Chronic bronchitis (CB) represents one of the respiratory disease phenotypes that affect the Canadian health care system significantly. Presently, almost 6.5% of total health care costs are related to respiratory diseases.
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