The long-term stability of portable spirometers used in a multinational study of the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1167-1171

  Pérez Padilla, Rogelio ^a   Vázquez García, Juan Carlos ^a   Márquez, María Nelly ^b   Jardim, José Roberto B ^c   Pertuzé, Julio ^d   Lisboa, Carmen ^d   Muiño, Adriana ^b   López, María Victorina ^b   Tálamo, Carlos ^e   De Oca, María Montes ^e   Valdivia, Gonzalo ^d   Menezes, Ana Maria B ^f   Victora, Cesar Gomes ^f   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calibration; Pulmonary function tests; Quality control; Reliability; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PREVALENCE; SPIROMETER; BRAZIL; CHILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; MEXICO; MULTICENTER STUDY; SPIROMETRY; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA;

BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CHILE; HUMANS; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34547433516     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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