Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Jun 2013
Multicenter Study Comparative Study Observational StudyUnderdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women: quantification of the problem, determinants and proposed actions.
The distribution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in women, and its underdiagnosis and determinants in the general population, have not been well described. The EPI-SCAN study is an epidemiologic, observational study conducted at 11 Spanish centers on the general population aged 40 to 80. ⋯ There is a greater underdiagnosis of COPD in women than in men in Spain.