A survey of practices of pulmonary function interpretation in laboratories in Northeast Ohio

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1040-1046

  Mohanka, Manish R ^a   McCarthy, Kevin ^a   Xu, Meng ^a   Stoller, James K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859508675     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1141     Document Type: Article

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