Interpretation of occupational peak flow records: Level of agreement between expert clinicians and Oasys-2

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 860-864

  Baldwin, David R ^a   Gannon, P ^b   Bright, P ^b   Newton, D T ^b   Robertson, A ^c   Venables, K ^d   Graneek, B ^e   Barker, R D ^f   Cartier, A ^h   Malo, J L ^h   Wilsher, M ⁱ   Pantin, C F A ^g   Burge, P S ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^h HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKER;

ASTHMA; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036793686     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.10.860     Document Type: Article

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