Airflow limitation is underrecognized in well-functioning older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1032-1038

  Waterer, Grant W ^a,b   Wan, Jim Y ^b   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^c   Wunderink, Richard G ^d   Satterfield, Suzy ^a   Bauer, Douglas C ^e   Newman, Anne B ^a   Taaffe, Dennis R ^f   Jensen, Robert L ^a   Crapo, Robert O ^b,c  

^a Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Cross sectional studies; Older

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TENNESSEE;

EID: 17944381526     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49205.x     Document Type: Article

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