Prevalence of chronic bronchitis and chronic respiratory symptoms in adults over the age of 35 years in Isfahan, Iran in 1998

Respirology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-235

  Golshan, Mohammad ^a,d   Barahimi, Hamid ^b   Nasirian, Kamal ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Shahreza Hospital   (Iran)

^c Vali Asr Hospital   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Iran; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0034832925     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2001.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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