Peru

GRUPO DE TRABAJO DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS EN PERÚ – SOPEMFYC

María Sofía Cuba Fuentes, María Pia Purca Chacón

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Asthma and COPD prevalence in Uruguay:

Asthma prevalence1 - 7.1%

COPD prevalence2 - 6%

1 Gaviola C, Miele CH, Wise RA, Gilman RH, Jaganath D, Miranda JJ, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Hansel NN, Checkley W; CRONICAS Cohort Study Group. Urbanisation but not biomass fuel smoke exposure is associated with asthma prevalence in four resource-limited settings. Thorax. 2016 Feb;71(2):154-60. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207584.
Jaganath, D., Miranda, J.J., Gilman, R.H. et al. Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and variation in risk factors across four geographically diverse resource-limited settings in Peru. Respir Res 16, 40 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0198-2