Spirometry for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease case finding in primary care?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1481-1482

  Boushey, Homer ^a   Enright, Paul ^b   Samet, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SITTING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 30444453691     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2509009     Document Type: Editorial

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