Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality and prevalence: the associations with smoking and poverty: a BOLD analysis--authors' reply.
National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
Peter
P
Burney
National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
Bernet
B
Kato
Department of Medical Sciences: Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Christer
C
Janson
Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
David
D
Mannino
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Michael
M
Studnicka
James Hogg Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Wan
W
Tan
Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa.
Eric
E
Bateman
Department of Chest Diseases, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Ali
A
Koçabas
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA.
William M
WM
Vollmer
Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Thorarrin
T
Gislason
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
Guy
G
Marks
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Parvaiz A
PA
Koul
National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
Louisa
L
Gnatiuc
Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Sonia
S
Buist
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000401:mortality*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*
COPD Epidemiology