Don't use the flawed fixed ratio to diagnosis COPD

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1500-

  Enright, Paul L ^a,b   Ruppel, Gregg L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute of Occupational Safety   (Slovenia)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LETTER; SPIROMETRY;

FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 70849122736     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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