Are six seconds long enough?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 268-270

  Enright, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG; VARENICLINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXPIRED AIR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ASTHMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749256607     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2006.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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