Fixed ratio or lower limit of normal as cut-off value for FEV 1/VC: An outcome study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1460-1462

  Wollmer, Per ^a   Engström, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airflow obstruction; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diagnosis; Forced expiratory volume; Spirometry; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84883053802     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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