Tuberculosis-associated obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical, radiological and pathophysiological study of the contribution of previous pulmonary tuberculosis in a community-based study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Includes bibliographical references. === Epidemiological studies in populations with a high burden of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), including the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) survey performed in Cape Town, South Africa in 2005, have suggested an association between PTB and the developme...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12715 |