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RETRACTION article

Front. Public Health, 04 May 2023
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1207917

Retraction: Revamping of chronic respiratory diseases in low- and middle-income countries

This article is a retraction of:

  1. RETRACTED: Revamping of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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A Retraction of the Review Article
Revamping of chronic respiratory diseases in low- and middle-income countries

by Zeng, L.-H., Hussain, M., Syed, S. K., Saadullah, M., Jamil, Q., Alqahtani, A. M., Alqahtani, T., Akram, N., Khan, I. A., Parveen, S., Fayyaz, T., Fatima, M., Shaukat, S., Shabbir, N., Fatima, M., Kanwal, A., Barkat, M. Q., and Wu, X. (2022). Front. Public Health 9:757089. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.757089

Following concerns regarding the originality of the article, an investigation was conducted in accordance with Frontiers' policies. It was found that the complaint was valid and that the article should be retracted, because of an unacceptable level of similarity to an article published by Meghji J, Mortimer K, Agusti A, Allwood BW, Asher I, Bateman ED, et al. Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions. Lancet. (2021) 397:10277. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00458-X.

This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Public Health and the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers. The authors did not agree to this retraction.

Citation: Frontiers Editorial Office (2023) Retraction: Revamping of chronic respiratory diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Front. Public Health 11:1207917. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1207917

Received: 18 April 2023; Accepted: 18 April 2023;
Published: 04 May 2023.

Approved by:

Marc Jean Struelens, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

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