Socioeconomic variations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment in rural Southwest China

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major and growing cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. However, there remains a limited understanding of the association between individual socioeconomic status (SES) and COPD diagnosis and treatment worldwide, i...

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Main Authors: Le Cai, Xu-Ming Wang, Lu-Ming Fan, Jing-Rong Shen, Ying-Nan Liu, Allison Rabkin Golden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08687-5