Open AccessBurden of obstructive lung disease study in Tehran: Prevalence and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Hooman Sharifi,
Mohammad Reza Masjedi,
Habib Emami,
Mostafa Ghanei,
Alireza Eslaminejad,
Golnar Radmand,
Sonia Buist
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.168129
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , spirometry , confidence interval , bronchodilator , sputum , salbutamol , population , obstructive lung disease , asthma , physical therapy , environmental health , pathology , tuberculosis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was ranked the sixth-most common cause of death worldwide in 1990, but now it is the third-most common cause. The goal of the present study was to assess the prevalence and determine the causes and risk factors of COPD in Tehran.