Prevalence of asthma in Latin American middle-aged and older adults and its overlap with diagnosis of COPD

A. M. Menezes, P. Hallal, M. Montes de Oca, A. Muino, M. V. Lopez Varela, C. Talamo, J. R. B. Jardim, G. Valdivia, R. Perez-Padilla (Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Caracas, Venezuela; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Mexico City, Mexico)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission
Session: Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4136
Disease area: Airway diseases

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