United in prevention-electrocardiographic screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Acta Informatica Medica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-128

  Lazovic, Biljana ^a   Mazic, Sanja ^b   Stajic, Zoran ^a   Djelic, Marina ^b   Zlatkovic Svenda, Mirjana ^c   Putnikovic, Biljana ^a,b  

^a Clinical Hospital Center Zemun   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ecg; Emphysema; Inverted P wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; P WAVE; SCREENING TEST; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 84877908340     PISSN: 03538109     EISSN: 19865988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/aim.2013.21.127-128     Document Type: Article

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