What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease anyway? Continua, categories, cut points, and moving beyond spirometry

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1036-1037

  Rennard, Stephen I ^a   Vestbo, Jørgen ^b,c,d   Agustí, Alvar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84877904457     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201212-2321ED     Document Type: Editorial

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