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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Main Author: Allwood, Brian William
Other Authors: Bateman, Eric D
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12715