Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high altitude: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background and objective Recently, several studies have investigated the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at high altitude (>1,500 m). However, much remains to be understood about the correlation between altitude and COPD. We aimed to summarize the prevalence of COPD at...

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Main Authors: Huaiyu Xiong, Qiangru Huang, Chengying He, Tiankui Shuai, Peijing Yan, Lei Zhu, Kehu Yang, Jian Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8586.pdf