Should we keep pushing for a spirometer in every doctor's office?

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-153

  Enright, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

PFT; Pulmonary function test; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84856804897     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01504     Document Type: Article

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