Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in America's Black Population

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Aug 15;200(4):423-430. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201810-1909PP.

Authors

Chinedu O Ejike¹, Mark T Dransfield², Nadia N Hansel¹, Nirupama Putcha¹, Sarath Raju¹, Carlos H Martinez³, MeiLan K Han⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² 2Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
³ 3Oaklawn Medical Group, Marshall, Michigan; and.
⁴ 4Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / ethnology
Air Pollution / statistics & numerical data*
Biomass
Black People*
Black or African American*
Caribbean Region / ethnology
Cigarette Smoking / epidemiology*
Cigarette Smoking / ethnology
Emigrants and Immigrants
Environmental Exposure / statistics & numerical data*
Hispanic or Latino*
Humans
Occupational Exposure / statistics & numerical data*
Prevalence
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / ethnology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / genetics
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
Risk Factors
Social Determinants of Health
United States

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