Distribution and Etiology of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Primary Healthcare Departments in Cape Verde

• Author(s): Carreiro-Martins, P ; Rosado-Pinto, J ; Teixeira, MC ; Neuparth, N ; Silva, O ; Papoila, A L ; Khaltaev, N ; Bousquet, J ; Annesi-Maesano, I
• Date: 2015
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/2377
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Subject(s): Asthma; Attributable Risk; Biomass; COPD; Rhinitis; Smoking; Tuberculosis; HDE ALER
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório da Unidade Local de Saúde São José

Description

Data on chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are scarce or unavailable in most African countries. We aimed to determine the prevalence of CRD and associated risk factors in Cape Verde, at the primary healthcare level.