Prevalence of COPD in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-570

  Al Zaabi, Ashraf ^a   Asad, Faisal ^a   Abdou, Jassem ^a   Al Musaabi, Hussain ^a   Al Saiari, Mohammad Badar ^a   Mohammed Buhussien, Ali Saeed ^a   Nagelkerke, Nikolaas ^b   Soriano, Joan B ^c  

^a ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Recinte Hospital Joan March   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Burden; COPD; Epidemiology; Smoking; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 79952280880     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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