Prevalence of COPD and tobacco smoking in Tunisia - Results from the BOLD study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7257-7271

  Daldoul, Hager ^a   Denguezli, Meriam ^a   Jithoo, Anamika ^b   Gnatiuc, Louisa ^b   Buist, Sonia ^c   Burney, Peter ^b   Tabka, Zouhair ^a   Harrabi, Imed ^d  

^a Laboratory of Physiology   (Tunisia)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

BOLD; COPD; Prevalence; Smoking; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSPIROGRAPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO; TUNISIA;

TUNISIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AGED; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TUNISIA;

EID: 84890537968     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10127257     Document Type: Article

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