Geographic disparity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality rates among the Taiwan population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Chan, Ta Chien ^a   Chiang, Po Huang ^b   Su, Ming Daw ^c   Wang, Hsuan Wen ^c,d   Liu, Michael Shi Yung ^a,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Fangliao General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e Institute of Taiwan History   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; AREA DEPRIVATION INDEX; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84901360447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098170     Document Type: Article

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