Evaluation of current knowledge, awareness and practice of spirometry among hospital -based nigerian doctors

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Desalu, Olufemi O ^a   Busari, Olusegun A ^b   Onyedum, Cajetan C ^c   Salawu, Fatai K ^d   Obateru, Olusegun A ^a   Nwogu, Kelechukwu C ^e   Salami, Alakija K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Medical Centre Ido Ekiti   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^e Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kebbi   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NIGERIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LUNG DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NIGERIA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 74049108685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-50     Document Type: Article

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