COPD world-wide

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: B. Lundback (Umea, Sweden)
Factors explaining COPD underdiagnosis in 5 Latin American cities: Platino study
M. Montes de Oca, C. Tálamo, D. Moreno, A. Menezes, R. Perez-Padilla, M. Lopez, A. Muiño, J. Jardim, G. Valdivia, J. Pertuze, R. Halbert (Venezuela; Brazil; Mexico; Uruguay; Chile; United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Under-diagnosis and under-treatment of COPD in Adana, Turkey (BOLD-Turkey study)
A. Kocabas, S. Turkyilmaz, T. Unalan, A. Hancioglu, S. Kuleci, I. Hanta, S. A. Buist (Balcali, Ankara, Turkey; Portland, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The prevalence of COPD in Cape Town in relation to tobacco exposure in men and women
A. Jithoo, A. S. Buist, W. M. Vollmer, M. Allison, C. J. Lombard, N. Beyers, P. G. Burney, S. Chinn, E. D. Bateman (Cape Town, South Africa; Portland, United States Of America; London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD prevalence in Austria: results from the Burden of obstructive lung disease (BOLD) study
L. Schirnhofer, B. Lamprecht, W. Vollmer, M. Allison, M. Studnicka, R. Jensen, S. Buist (Salzburg, Austria; Portland, Salt Lake City, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD – future prospects for women
D. H. Wilson, G. Tucker, R. J. Adams, S. Appleton, R. E. Ruffin (Adelaide, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The Northjutland COPD prevention study (NCPS)
J. G. Hansen, H. T. Sorensen, K. Overvad, O. Omland (Aalborg, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The OLIN COPD study – design and the first year‘s mortality
A. Lindberg, L. G. Larsson, A. C. Jonsson, L. Hedman, S. Sundberg, E. Rönmark, B. Lundbäck (Luleå, Umeå, Stockholm, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Physician-diagnosed COPD GOLD stage IV in Östersund, Sweden: prevalence and patient characteristics
N. Stenfors (Ostersund, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Burden of COPD in primary care setting (PCS)
M. Bednarek, J. Maciejewski, R. Plywaczewski, D. Gorecka, J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Sierpc, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Risk factors for COPD
J. N. Krasnova, E. V. Grimailova, A. A. Dzizinskii (Irkutsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Epidemiological survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hanoi, Vietnam
C. Q. Ngo, T. Tran (Hanoi, Viet Nam)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory symptoms and spirometry screening assessment in the general population
Z. M. Lazic, S. M. Mojsilovic, L. A. Novkovic, I. B. Cekerevac, O. M. Gajovic (Kragujevac, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of pulmonary emphysema in medical examinees with obstructive ventilatory impairment discovered in multiphasic health screening
N. Nishimura, M. Tsukamoto, M. Fukakusa, N. Uchiyama, K. Oikado, M. Matsusako, S. Hiramatsu, N. Chonabayashi (Tokyo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
An epidemiological study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a rural town of Japan: a one-year follow-up study
M. Tabusadani, R. Kozu, H. Senju, M. Hanada, H. Sueta, K. Kida (Nagasaki, Saga, Tabira-cho, Tokyo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Sex differences in COPD morbidity in people residing in Osaka area (Japan)
S. Hayashi, S. Sumitani, K. Hirata, M. Sakatani, M. Suemura (Sakai, Osaka, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Predictive factors of chronic air flow limitation in the elderly: any gender difference?
M. L. Marty, C. Raherison, C. Nejjari, H. Guénard, J. F. Dartigues, P. Barberger-Gateau, J. F. Tessier (Bordeaux, France; Fes, Morocco)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence estimate of obstructive lung diseases based on multiple data sources
P. Piccioni, E. Migliore, M. P. Forneris, A. Carosso, I. Baussano, M. Bugiani (Turin, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Exploring the procedures used to initially diagnose COPD in Greece
V. Tsagaraki, S. Markantonis, I. Ouvenis, S. Mavropoulou, A. Pagalis, T. Douvitsas, I. Sfiniadakis, A. Kleitsas (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Early detection of COPD using high risk detecting questionnaire
K. Stravinskaite, K. Malakauskas, B. Sitkauskiene, R. Sakalauskas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence and co-morbidity of asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema: a pan-European estimation
S. Bouutin-Forzano, D. Moreau, X. Bonnefoy, D. Charpin, I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, Marseille, France; Bonn, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract