Which spirometric indices best predict subsequent death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 785-788

  Thomason, Margaret J ^a   Strachan, David P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Forced expiratory spirometry; Mortality; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONDON; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033846097     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.9.785     Document Type: Article

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