Prevalence and severity of airway obstruction in an Italian adult population

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Riccioni, Graziano ^a,c   De Benedictis, M ^b   Della Vecchia, R ^b   Di Ilio, C ^a   Guagnano, M T ^b   D'Orazio, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Cardiology Department SS Annunziata Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; ATS; COPD; ERS; GOLD; Guidelines; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 23844536340     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.644     Document Type: Article

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