Pulmonary impairment and disability

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 841-851

  Taiwo, Oyebode A ^a,b   Cain, Hilary C ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0036951135     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(02)00036-9     Document Type: Review

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