TY - JOUR AU - Nugmanova, Damilya AU - Feshchenko, Yuriy AU - Iashyna, Liudmyla AU - Gyrina, Olga AU - Malynovska, Kateryna AU - Mammadbayov, Eljan AU - Akhundova, Irada AU - Nurkina, Nadezhda AU - Tariq, Luqman AU - Makarova, Janina AU - Vasylyev, Averyan PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/30 TI - The prevalence, burden and risk factors associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Commonwealth of Independent States (Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan): results of the CORE study JO - BMC Pulmonary Medicine SP - 26 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - In the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries the epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poorly characterized. The objective of this analysis is to present the prevalence, burden and risk factors associated with COPD in three CIS countries as part of the CORE study (Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Diseases), the rationale and design of which have been described elsewhere. SN - 1471-2466 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0589-5 DO - 10.1186/s12890-018-0589-5 ID - Nugmanova2018 ER -