Responsiveness of the COPD assessment test: The minimal clinically important difference does matter

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 267-268

  Kocks, Janwillem W H ^a   Tsiligianni, Ioanna G ^a   Van Der Molen, Thys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COPD ASSESSMENT TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84863803691     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0462     Document Type: Letter

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