Prevalence of chronic bronchitis in the Middle-East and North Africa: Interim results of the BREATHE study

A. Khattab, A. Sayiner, J. Ahmed Khan, G. Iraqi, S. Nafti, A. Benkheder, B. Mahboub, M. L. Konisky, C. Nejjari, N. Rashid, The BREATHE Study Group (Cairo, Egypt; Izmir, Turkey; Karachi, Pakistan; Rabat, Fez, Morocco; Algiers, Algeria; Tunis, Tunisia; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Beirut, Lebanon)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission
Session: Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4138
Disease area: Airway diseases

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