Agreement between fixed-ratio and lower limit of normal spirometry interpretation protocols decreases with age: Is there a need for a new gold standard?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 802-808

  Mikulski, Marek A ^a,c   Gerke, Alicia K ^b   Lourens, Spencer ^a   Czeczok, Thomas ^c   Sprince, Nancy L ^a   Laney, Anthony S ^d   Fuortes, Laurence J ^a  

^a Environment and Human Health   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GOLD STANDARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIROMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84880822683     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31828b22cc     Document Type: Article

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