Fiveyear followup of participants diagnosed with chronic airflow obstruction in a South African Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease BOLD survey

Background. A community-based prevalence survey performed in two suburbs in Cape Town, South Africa (SA), in 2005, using the international Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) method, confirmed a prevalence of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) in 23.1% of adults aged >40 years.Objectives...

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Main Authors: B Allwood, R Gillespie, M Bateman, H Olckers, L Taborda-Barata, G Calligaro, R van Zyl-Smit, C Cooper, N Beyers, E Bateman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health and Medical Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:South African Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12196/8377