Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and prebronchodilator airflow limitation among smokers in Switzerland

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Miedinger, David ^a,b   Linz, Anette ^a   Praehauser, Claudia ^a   Chhajed, Prashant N ^a   Buess, Christian ^c   Török, Salome Schafroth ^a   Bucher, Heiner C ^b   Tamm, Michael ^a   Leuppi, Jörg D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ndd Medizintechnik AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; General practice; Patient reported symptoms; Smoking; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77954896160     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00030     Document Type: Article

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