Geographical variation of prevalence, and under-diagnosis of COPD in urban and rural communities of China: Finding from China Kadoorie Biobank of 0.5M people

O. Kurmi, L. Li, M. Smith, M. Augustyn, Y. Guo, R. Collins, R. Peto, Z. Chen (Oxford, United Kingdom; Beijing, China)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Assessing the prevalence of COPD in the general population
Session: Assessing the prevalence of COPD in the general population
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 935
Disease area: Airway diseases

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