Debating the definition of airflow obstruction: Time to move on?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-528

  Miller, M R ^a   Pedersen, O F ^b   Pellegrino, R ^c   Brusasco, V ^d  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASTHMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 70349087246     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00103309     Document Type: Editorial

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