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October 4, 2018Eastern Mediterranean Health JournalOpen Access

Global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Abstract

Global prevalence of COPD among men is about 5% higher than among women. The most prevalent stage of COPD is stage 1.

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Varmaghani et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d88efbd2f7327e70ae36e8 https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.18.014

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