Quality control: A necessary, but sometimes overlooked, tool for improving respiratory medicine

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 722-723

  Farre R ^a,c,d   Navajas, D ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATOR;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 63849271856     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00000409     Document Type: Editorial

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