Prevalence and risk factors for unrecognized obstructive lung disease among urban drug users | Zendy

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Prevalence and risk factors for unrecognized obstructive lung disease among urban drug users

Author(s) -

Michael Drummond,

Kirk,

M.C. Mccormack,

Mariah Marshall,

Sanjay Shruti Mehta,

Robert A. Wise,

Christian A. Merlo

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of copd

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1178-2005

pISSN - 1176-9106

DOI - 10.2147/copd.s15968

Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , population , cross sectional study , confidence interval , obstructive lung disease , observational study , physical therapy , copd , pediatrics , asthma , pathology , environmental health

Obstructive lung disease (OLD) is frequently unrecognized and undertreated. Urban drug users are at higher risk for OLD due to race, behavioral, and socioeconomic characteristics, yet little data exist on prevalence and risk factors associated with unrecognized OLD in this population.

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