Predictors of accuracy of diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 168-171

  Zwar, Nicholas A ^a   Marks, Guy B ^b   Hermiz, Oshana ^a   Middleton, Sandy ^c   Comino, Elizabeth J ^a   Hasan, Iqbal ^a   Vagholkar, Sanjyot ^a   Wilson, Stephen F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VACCINATION;

EID: 80051766854     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03271.x     Document Type: Article

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