EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, cilt.19, sa.7, ss.499-504, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide, epidemiological data oil COPD is very limited. This study was designed to obtain some baseline data on COPD in the Malatya region of Turkey.