What can we do before the scant introduction of spirometry into primary care?;¿Qué podemos hacer ante la escasa implantación de la espirometría en atención primaria?

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Garcia Benito C ^a   García Río, Francisco ^b,c  

^a Jaime Vera Health Center   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c Alfredo Marquerie   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; ARTICLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 2542491080     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059165     Document Type: Review

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