title: [Epidemiology of COPD in Japan: NICE study (Nippon COPD Epidemiology Study)].
abstract: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has high prevalence and mortality, there are underestimated and many COPD patients still remain not diagnosed worldwide including Japan. In spite of high prevalence in Western countries, it had been reported that COPD patients were estimated about 200,000 in Japan. Here, the prevalence of COPD in Japan is discussed according to the NICE Study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Hisamichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*