The journal retracts the November 26 2024 article cited above.
Following publication, it was brought to our attention that the authors used and published primary research data, which was generated by other researchers, without permission and without a mention to their contributors. Unauthorized data use is a breach of Frontiers' guidelines and those of the Committee on Publication Ethics. As such, this article is being retracted.
The authors agree to this retraction.
Frontiers would like to thank Hailemichael Kindle Abate leading the study presented for contacting the journal regarding the misappropriation of the data in the published article.
Summary
Citation
Frontiers Editorial Office (2025) Retraction: Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension and its associated factors among chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases patients at public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a facility-based cross-sectional study. Front. Public Health 13:1652830. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1652830
Received
24 June 2025
Accepted
24 June 2025
Published
30 June 2025
Approved by
Weihong Chen, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Volume
13 - 2025
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