Diagnostic accuracy of clinical symptoms in obstructive airway diseases varied within different health care sectors

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 846-854

  Schneider, Antonius ^a   Ay, Mehtap ^b   Faderl, Bernhard ^c   Linde, Klaus ^a   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS KLOSTER GRAFSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Diagnostic accuracy; Health care systems; Primary care; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 84862898184     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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