Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies

Maria B Ospina; Donald C Voaklander; Michael K Stickland; Malcolm King; Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan; Brian H Rowe

doi:10.1155/2012/825107

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2012)

Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies

Maria B Ospina,
Donald C Voaklander,
Michael K Stickland,
Malcolm King,
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan,
Brian H Rowe

Affiliations

Maria B Ospina: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Donald C Voaklander: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Michael K Stickland: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Malcolm King: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Brian H Rowe: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/825107
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 6
pp. 355 – 360

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have considerable potential for inequities in diagnosis and treatment, thereby affecting vulnerable groups.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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