Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a commonly reported cause
of death and associated with smoking. However, COPD mortality is high in poor countries …

Rationale: The Global Burden of Disease program identified smoking and ambient and
household air pollution as the main drivers of death and disability from chronic obstructive …

Rationale: Evidence supporting the association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or
airflow obstruction with use of solid fuels is conflicting and inconsistent. Objectives: To …

Background There are several reports on underdiagnosis of COPD, while little is known
about COPD overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We describe the overdiagnosis and the …

Given the hypothesis that particulate air pollution is associated with systolic blood pressure,
the effect of daily concentrations of air pollution on blood pressure was assessed in 2612 …

Background Small airways obstruction is a common feature of obstructive lung diseases.
Research is scarce on small airways obstruction, its global prevalence, and risk factors. We …

In Tunisia, there is a paucity of population-based data on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD) prevalence. To address this problem, we estimated the prevalence of …

Background It's currently well known that smoking and increasing age constitute the most
important risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, little is …

In this report, we examined the relationship between mother's breastfeeding history and her
risk of breast cancer, in a case–control study in Tunisia between 2006 and 2009. About 400 …

• The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study was established to assess the
prevalence of chronic airflow obstruction, a key characteristic of chronic obstructive …