Patient and physician factors associated with pulmonary function testing for COPD : A population study

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 272-281

  Gershon, Andrea S ^a,b,c,d   Hwee, Jeremiah ^b   Croxford, Ruth ^b   Aaron, Shawn D ^e   To, Teresa ^b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893651926     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0790     Document Type: Article

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