Controversies in the use of spirometry for early recognition and diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in cigarette smokers

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 645-652

  Enright, Paul L ^a   Crapo, Robert O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034522281     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70174-X     Document Type: Article

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