Prevalence of COPD and its risk factors in a rural area of Uganda

F. van Gemert, B. Kirenga, N. Chavannes, M. Kamya, S. Luzige, P. Muzinguzi, C. de Jong, R. Jones, I. Tsiligianni, T. van der Molen (Groningen, Leiden, Netherlands; Kampala, Uganda; Plymouth, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Session: Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1012
Disease area: Airway diseases

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