Pulmonary function testing in the diagnosis of asthma: A population study

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1190-1196

  Gershon, Andrea S ^a,b,c,d,f   Victor, J Charles ^a,e,f   Guan, Jun ^a   Aaron, Shawn D ^g   To, Teresa ^a,b,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INHALATION TEST; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIROMETRY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84860555246     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0831     Document Type: Article

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