Under-report and underdiagnosis of chronic respiratory diseases in an African country

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1061-1067

  Martins, P ^a,b,c   Rosado Pinto, J ^b   Do Ceu Teixeira M ^d   Neuparth, N ^c   Silva, O ^e   Tavares, H ^d   Spencer, J L ^e   Mascarenhas, D ^e   Papoila, A L ^c   Khaltaev, N ^f,i   Annesi Maesano, I ^g,h  

^a Immunoallergy Department   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d Agostinho Neto Hospital   (Cape Verde)

^e Dr Baptista de Sousa Hospital   (Cape Verde)

^f Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention   (Switzerland)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁱ MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic respiratory diseases; Spirometry; Under report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAPE VERDE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CAPE VERDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 66749188637     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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