Re: A clinical practice guideline update on the diagnosis and management of stable COPD

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-

  Qaseem, Amir ^a   Wilt, Timothy J ^b   Shekelle, Paul ^c  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84855271507     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-1-201201030-00022     Document Type: Letter

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