COPD's early origins in low-and-middle income countries: what are the implications of a false start?

Collaborators, Affiliations

FRESH AIR collaborators:
Pham Le An, Marilena Anastasaki, Meerim Akmatalieva, Azamat Akylbekov, Andy Barton, Antonios Bertsias, Pham Duong Uyen Binh, Job F M van Boven, Dennis Burges, Lucy Cartwright, Vasiliki E Chatzea, Liza Cragg, Tran Ngoc Dang, Ilyas Dautov, Berik Emilov, Irene Ferarrio, Ben Hedrick, Le Huynh Thi Cam Hong, Nick Hopkinson, Elvira Isaeva, Rupert Jones, Corina de Jong, Sanne van Kampen, Winceslaus Katagira, Bruce Kirenga, Jesper Kjærgaard, Janwillem Kocks, Le Thi Tuyet Lan, Tran Thanh Duv Linh, Christos Lionis, Kim Xuan Loan, Maamed Mademilov, Andy McEwen, Patrick Musinguzi, Rebecca Nantanda, Grace Ndeezi, Sophia Papadakis, Hilary Pinnock, Jillian Pooler, Charlotte Poot, Maarten J Postma, Anja Poulsen, Pippa Powell, Nguyen Nhat Quynh, Susanne Reventlow, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla, Sally Singh, Talant Sooronbaev, Jaime Correia de Sousa, James Stout, Marianne Stubbe-Østergaard, Aizhamal Tabyshova, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Tran Diep Tuan, James Tumwine, Le Thanh Van, Nguyen Nhu Vinh, Simon Walusimbi, Louise Warren, Sian Williams

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. evelynbrakema@gmail.com.
² Department of General Practice Groningen, Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Chest Research Foundation, Pune, India.
⁵ Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

E A Brakema et al. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2019.

. 2019 Mar 5;29(1):6.

doi: 10.1038/s41533-019-0117-y.

FRESH AIR collaborators:
Pham Le An, Marilena Anastasaki, Meerim Akmatalieva, Azamat Akylbekov, Andy Barton, Antonios Bertsias, Pham Duong Uyen Binh, Job F M van Boven, Dennis Burges, Lucy Cartwright, Vasiliki E Chatzea, Liza Cragg, Tran Ngoc Dang, Ilyas Dautov, Berik Emilov, Irene Ferarrio, Ben Hedrick, Le Huynh Thi Cam Hong, Nick Hopkinson, Elvira Isaeva, Rupert Jones, Corina de Jong, Sanne van Kampen, Winceslaus Katagira, Bruce Kirenga, Jesper Kjærgaard, Janwillem Kocks, Le Thi Tuyet Lan, Tran Thanh Duv Linh, Christos Lionis, Kim Xuan Loan, Maamed Mademilov, Andy McEwen, Patrick Musinguzi, Rebecca Nantanda, Grace Ndeezi, Sophia Papadakis, Hilary Pinnock, Jillian Pooler, Charlotte Poot, Maarten J Postma, Anja Poulsen, Pippa Powell, Nguyen Nhat Quynh, Susanne Reventlow, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla, Sally Singh, Talant Sooronbaev, Jaime Correia de Sousa, James Stout, Marianne Stubbe-Østergaard, Aizhamal Tabyshova, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Tran Diep Tuan, James Tumwine, Le Thanh Van, Nguyen Nhu Vinh, Simon Walusimbi, Louise Warren, Sian Williams

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. evelynbrakema@gmail.com.
² Department of General Practice Groningen, Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Chest Research Foundation, Pune, India.
⁵ Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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