Menezes, Ana M.; López-Calleja, M. Victoria; Hallal, Pedro C.; Muiño, Adriana.; Pérez Padilla, Rogelio.; Jardim, José R.; Valdivia Cabrera, Gonzalo; Pertuzé Salas, Julio; De Oca, Maria M.; Tálamo, Carlos.; Victora, Cesar G.
(2009)
Background The PLATINO project was launched in 2002 in order to study the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Latin America. Because smoking is the main risk factor for COPD, detailed data on it ...