The Platino project: Methodology of a multicenter prevalence survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in major Latin American cities

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Menezes, Ana M B ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^a   Perez Padilla, Rogelio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BRONCHODILATATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD; CHILE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEXICO; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPIROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4844221866     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-15     Document Type: Review

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