Death-specific rate due to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Iran.
Mehdi VarmaghaniAbbas KebriaeezadehFarshad SharifiAli SheidaeiArash RashidianMaziar Moradi-LakehRoozbeh NaghshinMostafa MoinParinaz MehdipourElham HeidariKimiya GohariNazila RezaeiRosa HaghshenasFarzad KompaniFarshad FarzadfarPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2018)
It seems that mortality rate attributable to COPD has risen during the past 15 years in Iran. It could have increased because of increased exposure of people to related risk factors such as air pollution which is a common problem in larger cities and border provinces.