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. 2017 Nov 5;2017:8419686. doi: 10.1155/2017/8419686

Erratum to “Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies”

Maria B Ospina 1, Donald C Voaklander 1, Michael K Stickland 2, Malcolm King 2, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan 1, Brian H Rowe 1,3,✉
PMCID: PMC5706078  PMID: 29271975

In the article titled “Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies” [1], there were errors in the figures, where Figure 2 was missing from the article and replaced by Figure 5, and Figures 3 and 4 were reversed. The correct figures are shown below:

Figure 2.

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Summary of methodological characteristics of included studies.

Figure 3.

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Meta-analysis of the comparison of asthma prevalence between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals.

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Subgroup analysis of the comparison of overall asthma prevalence between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals by Aboriginal type.

References

  • 1.Ospina M. B., Voaklander D. C., Stickland M. K., King M., Senthilselvan A., Rowe B. H. Prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Canadian Respiratory Journal. 2012;19(6):355–360. doi: 10.1155/2012/825107. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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