Spirometric thresholds and biased interpretation of test results

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1146-

  Quanjer, Philip H ^a   Stanojevic, Sanja ^b   Thompson, Bruce R ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GOLD STANDARD; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERPRETATION BIAS; LETTER; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRIC THRESHOLD; SPIROMETRY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84919733358     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206089     Document Type: Letter

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