The new ATS/ERS guidelines for assessing the spirometric severity of restrictive lung disease differ from previous standards

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 759-762

  Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Agarwal, Ritesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agreement; FEV1; Respiratory function test; Restrictive defect; VC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34548672585     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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