COPD's early origins in low-and-middle income countries: what are the implications of a false start?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. evelynbrakema@gmail.com.
• ² Department of General Practice Groningen, Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• ³ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
• ⁴ Chest Research Foundation, Pune, India.
• ⁵ Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.