Case-finding for COPD: Developing strategies to identify patients at risk populations

Cecilia Rodríguez (Montevideo, Uruguay), Cecilia Rodriguez Flores, María Victorina Lopez Varela, Edilberto Pacheco, Mónica Mamchur, Jimena Nuñez, Karen Rabuñal, Fernando Gimenez, Ana Lía Tempone, Karina Fagundez, Carolina Silva

Source: International Congress 2015 – Epidemiology of respiratory disease
Session: Epidemiology of respiratory disease
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 5075
Disease area: Airway diseases

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