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- Title
Respiratory symptoms and illness in older Australians: the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study.
- Authors
Toelle, Brett G.; Wei Xuan; Bird, Tessa E.; Abramson, Michael J.; Atkinson, David N.; Burton, Deborah L.; James, Alan L.; Jenkins, Christine R.; Johns, David P.; Maguire, Graeme P.; Musk, A. W. (Bill); Walters, E. Haydn; Wood-Baker, Richard; Hunter, Michael L.; Graham, Bruce J.; Southwell, Phillipa J.; Vollmer, William M.; Buist, A. Sofia; Marks, Guy B.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which measured chronic obstructive lung diseases (COPD) prevalence in people aged 40 or above in Australia. It states that spirometry was used to measure forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), and the FEV1/FVC ratio. It notes that spirometric evidence and symptoms of the disease increase with age and were common in people 40 or above.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; DISEASE prevalence; DISEASES in adults; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2013, Vol 198, Issue 3, p144
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/mja11.11640