Model for estimating the population prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: cross sectional data from the Health Survey for England
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major but neglected public health problem. Currently 1.4% of the England population has a clinical diagnosis of COPD, but the true burden of the disease has not been known with certai...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-09-01
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Series: | Population Health Metrics |
Online Access: | http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/5/1/8 |