Study's conclusion about screening is unwarranted

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7652, 2008, Pages 1034-

  Lin, Kenneth W ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG; MOTIVATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 43749117130     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Parkes G, Greenhalgh T, Griffin M, Dent R. Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step 2 quit randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2008;336:598-600. (15 March.)
2. US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using spirometry: US preventive services task force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2008;148:529-34.