Undetected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in people over 50 years with persistent cough

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 576, 2010, Pages 489-494

  Broekhuizen, Berna D L ^a   Sachs, Alfred P E ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^b   Van Den Berg, Jan W K ^a   Dalinghaus, Willem H ^c   Lammers, Ernst ^d   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a Department of General Practice ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Cough; Early diagnosis

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CHRONIC COUGH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 78650493609     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X514738     Document Type: Article

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