Decrease in prevalence of COPD in Sweden after decades of decrease in smoking

H. Backman (Umea, Sweden), L. Ekerljung (Gothenburg, Sweden), B. Eriksson (Gothenburg, Sweden), C. Stridsman (Lulea, Sweden), R. Mincheva (Gothenburg, Sweden), L. Hedman (Umea, Sweden), S. Hagstad (Gothenburg, Sweden), A. Lindberg (Umea, Sweden), A. Ullman (Gothenburg, Sweden), E. Ronmark (Umea, Sweden), B. Lundback (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Source: International Congress 2018 – COPD and chronic respiratory disease: from misclassification to radiological findings
Disease area: Airway diseases

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