Grading the severity of obstruction in the presence of a restrictive ventilatory defect

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1365-1369

  Balfe, David L ^a   Lewis, Michael ^a   Mohsenifar, Zab ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American Thoracic Society; Obstructive airways disease; Pulmonary function test; Restrictive lung disease; Severity; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0036428920     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.4.1365     Document Type: Article

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