Prevalence of airflow limitation on medical check-Up in Japanese subjects

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Omori, Hisamitsu ^a   Nonami, Yoshio ^a   Mihara, Shuichi ^a   Marubayashi, Tohru ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^b   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^c  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Screening; Smoking habits; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948889347     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.29.209     Document Type: Article

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