Use of office spirometers in Flemish general practice: Results of a telephone survey

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 128-132

  Boffin, Nicole ^a,d   Van der Stighelen, V ^a   Paulus, D ^b   Van Royen, P ^a,c  

^a Scientific Society of Flemish GPs (WVVH)   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Domus Medica Vzw   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Family practice; Physician's practice patterns; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33846448473     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.557     Document Type: Article

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